Definition of Paganini

1. Noun. Italian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840).

Exact synonyms: Niccolo Paganini
Generic synonyms: Fiddler, Violinist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paganini

Paddy's Day
Paderewski
Padishah
Padishahs
Padma
Padova
Padre
Padua
Paducah
Paducahs
Padykula-Herman stain
PaeR7I invertase
Paeonia
Paeoniaceae
Pagan
Paganini (current term)
Page
Page Down
Page Downs
Page Up
Page Ups
Pagellus
Pagellus centrodontus
Pagenstecher's circle
Paget
Paget's cells
Paget's disease
Paget's disease of the nipple
Paget-Eccleston stain
Paget-von Schrotter syndrome

Literary usage of Paganini

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Music (1899)
"In this I find this phrase: "He did for the piano what Paganini did for the ... Because Paganini was an unheard of violinist, a phenomenal apparition, ..."

2. The Great Violinists and Pianists by George Titus Ferris (1881)
"Leigh Hunt on Paganini.—Superstitious Rumors current during his Life. ... The Frail Health of Paganini.—Wonderful Success at Milan, where he first plays One ..."

3. Face to Face with Great Musicians by Charles David Isaacson (1921)
"If the audience believes Paganini devil or of the flesh of the Evil One, ... Recall after recall will not suffice, and Paganini bows in his clumsy, ..."

4. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1882)
"ON October 27, 1782, Teresa Paganini, the wife of a goods porter at Genoa, presented her husband with a son. They called him Niccolo, and troubled ..."

5. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry Charles Lahee (1899)
"Paganini. THE name Paganini stands for the quintessence of eccentric genius, ... Paganini was able to excite wonder and admiration by his marvellous ..."

6. The Story of the Violin by Paul Stoeving (1904)
"Paganini was a sort of monster-fungus on that—shall I say obnoxious? ... But even that alone would not have given Paganini his unique position in violin art ..."

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