Niccolo Paganini (depicted as if in prison) Attributed to Daniel Maclise. Interestingly, this is the only close up painting of Paganini playing that I know. Look at the fascinating depiction of the bow hand, related to the guitar hand position, and the careful depiction of the artfully broken e a and d strings.
Paganini ( transcribed Guhr) – Variations ‘Nel Cor piu non mi sento’ PSS VIolin
Guhr’s treatise
Charles de Bériot-at the Conservatoire in Brussels, Februrary 2015
Charles de Bériot- Prelude or Improvisation (PSS VIolin)
Michel Woldemar – portrait from the title page of one of his self-published words
Michael Woldemar – Reve 1 ‘Avant l’aurore’
Thomas Baltzar – 1630-1660
Giovanni Paisiello 1740 1816 by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1791
Envelope containing thick gut strings used by Paganini (Genoa)
Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798
Paganini’s 9th Variation of the 24th Caprice. The ‘o’ s are the left hand pizzicati
Antoine Bott’s fascinating introduction to the playing techniques used in his ‘6 Caprices’ a journeyman’s guide to Paganini’s new approach-with my scribblings
