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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work is a classical music biography by Stephen Samuel Stratton. There are some names, the mere mention or thought of which conjure up distinct personalities; such are Handel, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner; but not one has the extraordinary individuality of that of Paganini. Though few can be living who ever saw the man, though his portraits are not now commonly to be met with, the name of Paganini at once calls up a picture--weird, uncanny, demoniacal; brings back the faint echo of performances long lost in the corridors of time; and excites the imagination in a manner altogether unique. Niccolo Paganini 27 October 1782 - 27 May 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 1 are among the best known of his compositions, and have served as an inspiration for many prominent composers. Paganini was in possession of a number of fine string instruments. More legendary than these were the circumstances under which he obtained (and lost) some of them. While Paganini was still a teenager in Livorno, a wealthy businessman named Livron lent him a violin, made by the master luthier Giuseppe Guarneri, for a concert. Livron was so impressed with Paganini's playing that he refused to take it back. This particular violin came to be known as Il Cannone Guarnerius. 9] On a later occasion in Parma, he won another valuable violin (also by Guarneri) after a difficult sight-reading challenge from a man named Pasini. Other instruments associated with Paganini include the Antonio Amati 1600, the Nicol Amati 1657, the Paganini-Desaint 1680 Stradivari, the Guarneri-filius Andrea 1706, the Le Brun 1712 Stradivari, the Vuillaume c. 1720 Bergonzi, the Hubay 1726 Stradivari, and the Comte Cozio di Salabue 1727 violins; the Countess of Flanders 1582 da Sal -di Bertolotti, and the Mendelssohn 1731 Stradivari violas; the Piatti 1700 Goffriller, the Stanlein 1707 Stradivari, and the Ladenburg 1736 Stradivari cellos; and the Grobert of Mirecourt 1820 (guitar). 10] 11] Four of these instruments were played by the Tokyo String Quartet. Of his guitars, there is little evidence remaining of his various choices of instrument. The aforementioned guitar that he gave to Berlioz is a French instrument made by one Grobert of Mirecourt. The luthier made his instrument in the style of Ren Lacote, a more well-known Paris-based guitar-maker. It is preserved and on display in the Mus e de la Musique in Paris. Of the guitars he owned through his life, there was an instrument by Gennaro Fabricatore that he had refused to sell even in his periods of financial stress, and was among the instruments in his possession at the time of his death. There is an unsubstantiated rumour that he also played Stauffer guitars; he may certainly have come across these in his meetings with Giuliani in Vienna.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Clean and unmarked pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing or Never Issued. PLEASE NOTE: Picture is NOT of book on offer. VERY GOOD CONDITION! Spine slightly loose. NO DJ. Royal blue cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on front board and spine. Ships immediately! We are a small, independent bookshop dedicate.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blue 1971 HARDCOVER reprint, in VG condition: slight to light handling, slight foxing on the side page edges and endpapers, otherwise unmarked. 463 pages. [2.1 lbs]. Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Light wear to the binding. No slope, no twist from reading. No bumped corners. No broken hinges. Pages tight and clean with no marks. Front and rear blank end sheets toned.Top edge gilt. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket.…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work. Book.

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Condition: Good. 1934. 233 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD hardcover, no marks in text, strong square spine. Book.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good minus with light to modest rubbing, scuffing and edge wear to glossy, illustrated paper wraps. Quarter inch archivally mended tear to foot of spine on gutter with pages completely intact. Trace soil to text edges. Otherwise tight, clean, unmarked interior. NO remainder marks. Shipping confirmed. …

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hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, burgundy cloth letter and blocked with a design in gilt, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed. A very good tightly bound copy, dated signature of an early owner to the front free endpaper, the contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Tissue guarded frontis, b&w illustrations, xv + 307pp.…

Soft cover. Near Fine 1st Edition, no poster.

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work. Book.

xv. + 307pp. Illustrations, portraits, & facsimiles. of a series: The Master Musicians. Frontis illus detatched, 3/4" tear top of spine, occasional light marginalia in pencil : VG-/no dj.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good minus hardcover. Reprint. Former library book with the usual markings. Pages light brown. Clean text. Corners on cover slightly rubbed and bent. Spine ends lightly rubbed and bumped.

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