Paganini

[pag-uh-nee-nee, pah-guh-; Italian pah-gah-nee-nee]

noun

Nic·co·lò [nik-uh-loh; Italian neek-kaw-law] /ˈnɪk əˌloʊ; Italian ˌnik kɔˈlɔ/, 1784–1840, Italian composer and violinist.

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Contemporary Examples of paganini

We might not look like Jordan or play like Paganini or paint like Toulouse-Lautrec.
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Jimmy So
July 9, 2012

Historical Examples of paganini

My heart relented; I gave him the order, and paid Paganini the dividend.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
Various
He was as legendary even among the common people as Paganini.
Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8)
Various
He also arranged the second set of Paganini's caprices, Opus 10.
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. Mathews
They say that Paganini sold his soul to the Ashmodai for a fiddle.
Jewish Children
Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich
This explains in a measure Paganini's inferior rank as a composer.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year
Edwin Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for paganini

Paganini

noun

Niccolò (nikkoˈlɔ). 1782–1840, Italian violinist and composer

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