Niccolò Paganini

...the New World Symphony's French program led by Robert Spano. It's true that Harold in Italy, inspired by Lord Byron's poem, is not the show-offy solo concerto Paganini desired. While the viola is often in the spotlight, the solo passages...

In this article: Henri Dutilleux, Robert Spano, Hector Berlioz, Orchestration, New World Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and The Miami Herald

...four concerti and nearly twenty duos for two cellos or for cello and violin. Hector Berlioz later referred to Servais as "the Niccolo Paganini of the cello". He is one of the founders of the Modern Cellistic Schools of Paris and Madrid,...

In this article: Adrien Francois Servais, Hector Berlioz, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Victor Mirecki Larramat, Auguste Franchomme, Paris, and Madrid

...an analysis of the bows of Francois Tourte. Fetis had the privilege to have Paganini, Schumann and Berlioz as contemporaries and to work with the violin maker and dealer, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume. Fetis's work provides a unique window into...

In this article: Francois-Joseph Fetis, History, Hector Berlioz, Brussels, Paris, Mons, Reactionary, and Leopold I

...Academy. The list of active and honorary members of the Accademia during that period is formidable and includes Cherubini, Mercadante , Donizetti, Rossini, Paganini, Auber , Liszt, Mendelssohn , Berlioz, Gounod, and Meyerbeer. Among the...

In this article: Rome, Italy, Congress of Vienna, Napoleonic Wars, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Queen Victoria, Domenico Scarlatti, Pope Innocent XI, Arcangelo Corelli, and Hector Berlioz

...de Musset or Alexandre Dumas, pere, George Sand, Franz Liszt, Marie d'Agoult; standing Victor Hugo or Hector Berlioz, Niccolo Paganini, Gioachino Rossini; a bust of Beethoven on the grand piano (a "Graf"), a portrait of Byron on the wall,...

In this article: Franz Liszt, Marie d'Agoult, Paris, Lewis Henry Lavenu, London, Vienna, George Sand, and Hamburg

...for himself, however it did not meet with his approval. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco − Capriccio Diabolico for classical guitar is a homage to Paganini, and quotes "La campanella" Bela Fleck − "Moto Perpetuo (Bluegrass version)", from...

In this article: Parma, Genoa, Illinois, Elisa Baciocchi, Hector Berlioz, Gioachino Rossini, Paris, and Italy

...of the orchestral contribution." When Paganini saw the sketch of the allegro movement, with all the rests in the viola part, he told Berlioz it would not do, and that he expected to be playing continuously.. They then parted, with Paganini...

In this article: Viola, Hector Berlioz, Italy, Abruzzi, Marche, Rob Roy, and Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire

...virtuoso had publicly knelt before Berlioz after a concert at the Paris Conservatoire on 16 December 1838 and hailed him as the heir of Beethoven . Sadly, Paganini died shortly after, and did not read or hear the piece. Berlioz used the...

In this article: Hector Berlioz, Romeo et Juliette, Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet, Emile Deschamps, and William Shakespeare