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Re: JSH: A word of appreciation to Magidin
Posted:
Jan 3, 2003 9:37 PM
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David Kastrup wrote:
> > Ah! Sorry for being slow. I was sidetracked by what I thought might
> > have also been in Paganini's mind, pointing out that the audience were
> > undiscriminating. But in the interests of accuracy I have to mention
> > that a book on the composers that I have says that Paganini played a
> > Guarnerius.
>
> That's "il Cannone". Paganini did not have just one violin.
>
> Cf. <URL:http://www.jose-sanchez-penzo.net/stPl_P-R.html>
>
> The instruments he played according to that list were:
>
> V Amatese 1668 Strad., A.
> V Cannone 1742 Guarn. d. G.
> V Dessaint 1629 Strad., A.
> V Paganini 1724 Strad., A.
> Va Paganini 1731 Strad., A.
> C Paganini 1736 Strad., A.
> V ex Sarasate 1724 Strad., A.
> C Stanlein 1707 Strad., A.
> Remarks:
> 'I heard an angel sing in the Agadio' said Robert Schumann after
> hearing Paganini. About the 1724 violin Paganini said: 'This violin
> has a tone as big as a double bass, never will I sell it as long as I
> live.' Modi, Sorab: The Still Point of the Turning World[94]
>
> [here V is a violin, Va a viola, C a violoncello. The second column
> is the name nowadays associated with the instrument]
>
> We also have the following information:
>
> At the time of his death Paganini owned 11 instruments by Antonio
> Stradivari. Among them there was a quartet, the 1692 Dessaint
> violin, the 1724 Paganini violin, the 1731 Paganini viola and the
> 1736 Paganini cello. The four instruments were separated and came
> together in the early 1940s when Herrmann purchased them
> all. Mrs. Clarke bequeathed the set after her death to the
> Corcoran Gallery.
>
> I am somewhat surprised since I do seem to remember that he was in
> possession of an Amati as well.
>
> I seem to remember that it was his favorite Stradivarius that the
> anekdote was about, but I can't dig it up.
You've already supplied much more info than is in my rather light-weight
book, and it wouldn't surprise me if the Guarnerius reference is wrong.
Gib
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