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At the height of his fame and fortune, Niccolò Paganini, arguably the greatest violinist ever to live, was both the toast, and the bane, of Europe. Considered by most a musical genius, by some a musical god and by others, the Devil’s minion, Paganini’s virtuosity, appearance and bearing had some believing his skill could only come after he had made a pact with the Devil.
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Sources:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/robert-johnson-sells-soul-devil
http://www.violinstudent.com/biographies/paganini.html
http://www.biography.com/people/niccol%C3%B2-paganini-21196451
http://www.guitarramagazine.com/NicocoloPaganini
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/16/robert-johnson-sells-soul-devil
Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in Rosedale, Mississippi
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/779
http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/0010_halloween/violin.shtml
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini#/media/File:Hetty_Krist,_Paganini_(Farblithographie).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NiccoloPaganini.jpeg
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variationen_%C3%BCber_ein_Thema_von_Paganini_(Brahms)#/media/File:Kersting_-_Der_Geiger_Nicolo_Paganini.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alessandro_Rolla_by_Luigi_Rados.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elisa_Baciocchi_Franque_Joseph.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolo_Paganini.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicolo_Paganini_by_Richard_James_Lane.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Niccolo-Paganini.jpeg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kersting-Nicolo_Paganini.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paganini_on_his_death_bed.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paganini.jpeg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gregory_XVI.jpg
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-154152245/stock-vector-harmonic-icon-flat-illustration-of-harmonic-vector-icon-for-web
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-160730816/stock-photo-old-violin-on-a-wooden-background-stringed-musical-instrument-in-close-up