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In order to move others, I must be moved.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Move
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Now I am a genius; before that I was a drudge.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Success
Achievement
Genius
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The violin is my mistress, but the guitar is my master.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Guitar
Mistress
Violin
Master
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I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Crawling
Feet
Gnarly
Handsome
Play
Women I Am Me
Women Me I Am
Hear
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I love the guitar for its harmony; it is my constant companion in all my travels.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Companion
Guitar
Harmony
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The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Mama
Popularity
Variation
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At a grand evening service in a church, my concerto created such a furor that the worshippers rushed out to keep the crowd outside the church quiet.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Evening
Quiet
Concerto
Crowd
Grand
Rushed
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When I attained my seventh year, my father, whose ear was unmusical but who was nevertheless passionately fond of music, gave me my elementary lessons on the violin; in a very few months, I was able to play all manner of compositions at sight.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Lessons
Months
Nevertheless
Sight
Violin
Music Me Father
Attained
Ear
Elementary
Fond
Music Father Me
Manner
Passionately
Seventh
Whose
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At Vienna, one of the audience affirmed publicly that my performance was not surprising, for he had distinctly seen, while I was playing my variations, the devil at my elbow, directing my arm and guiding my bow. My resemblance to the devil was a proof of my origin.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Audience
Proof
Resemblance
Surprising
Vienna
Arm
Seen
Bow
Directing
Elbow
Guiding
Performance
Origin
Publicly
Variations
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On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it!" He was writing from Karlsruhe, in the midst of his triumphal tour through Germany. That letter marks the earliest known mention of the variations that would become famous as "The Carnival of Venice." At the time of his letter, Paganini had already performed the piece in at least four concerts. From then on, it would be one of his most popular compositions.
Niccolo Paganini / Violinist
Friendship
Venice
Writing
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