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Musical notes. I. The great composers. II. Violinists and the violin. III. The violin and its history, 1869
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1brated annually by a musical festival at Lucca. Here he was received with enthusiasm.
3Thus encouraged, he entered on a musical tour for himself, and soon amassed a sum equal to about a thousand pounds, the greater part of which he ultimately assigned for the use of his parents, his father being clamorous to obtain the whole. Paganini being young, and emancipated from all restraint, and with moral and intellectual education entirely neglected, and realizing money rapidly by the exercise of his talents, speedily launched into dissipation. He was often embarrassed by the losses encountered at play; and was at times reduced even to part with his violin. In this condition he found himself at Leghorn, and was indebted to the kindness of a French merchant (M. Livron) for the loan of a violin, an excellent Guarneri. At the conclusion of the concert, Paganini brought it back to its owner, when this gentleman exclaimed, 'Never will I profane strings which your fingers have touched: that instrument is now yours.' This was the violin since used
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