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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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1ence of action, and the scantiness of the emolument, the position pleased him and he accepted.
3In the summer of 1808, Paganini obtained leave to travel, visiting Leghorn, where seven years previously he had met with so much success. Here he was not received with the warmth extended to him on his former visit. But his talent soon overcame the coldness evinced towards him. From Leghorn he went to Turin. His court patroness had now become Grand Duchess of Tuscany; and fixed her residence at Florence with all her court. Paganini was now recalled to attend the court. He is said to have left Florence towards the end of 1809 to visit Romagna and Lombardy, and to have produced an extraordinary sensation at Rimini on 22nd January, 1810. It is related that on 16th August, 1811, he gave a concert at Parma which created the most profound impression both upon artistes and amateurs. About the end of 1812 or the beginning of 1813, his engagement at the court of Florence abruptly terminated, and he determined never again
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