Star.
London, England, 1831-05-24 00:00:00

PAGANINL

Paganini was born at Genoa, in the month of February, 1784.
His lather was a small trailer, a great calculator of beery chances,
by which be expected wbecome affluent, cad also made preten-
sions to musical talent. He ratly discovered the natural bent of
his son's genius, and gave him the hest instruction he received ;
but he appears to have been an unfeeling parent, and though
young Pagunini was an enthusiast in his art, the hard-hearted
father frequently goaded him to an apylication beyond his
strength, by dint of an empty stoma& His hopes of musical
eminence were woour by his mitlises creaming that a genius
had smeared to her given an annares of his becoming a great
violin player. In his istit year, he played upon the stags at Genoa,
for the bank of hlandiesi. having fee IMO time before been a constant
performer in the churches. His father ems after took him to Parma,
to place hint under the care of the I:debated compaser Rolla. They
found him sick In bed ; his violin, and the latest ecotone he had com-
posal, lay on a table in the anteroom into which they were shown._
Paganies fathet pm him a wink, in as inseam the violin was in his
hand, and itagegramot the concerto at sighs. Aft hart his W-
ools is the and delight, and whin be was coovinced that
the am& hi is were produced by she boy before bins, be said
to the baba; a Thin is nothing left he are to toads him, he Heavee's
sake take hies to Pier." Pace was at that time Dhow of the Con-
servatory of Moak at Parma, and resolved h 4 ray 1111100_,, and Photd
him undue theare of UM leader of the Chapel NW. when be was
fourteen 1* bier took him through the Mid* Was of Italy, in all
of which is giesasassess, by which ha easelig Pais usa, and
his talker samallisedie awns of mousy. At ea Imo•et Ilt.
Harass, at Um, ha main his debut as a solo player, and
time 11.11
with ;helpmeet aggiame I from that me he esselOod man.
Ittpated hem the Sista in which his helm Witold Ishm,hil soon ow-
minced travelling as an independent pedalos& Hama diessivel
firanes. His Wm. Joshua on having the whole, and dower& es kill
him if he missed. lie pre him the warms part, and dam hisither's
death, mobs pis ago, supports his lestlne. His bassi malaise
to ma ma alas ailbasstihis breast and sigma* and died hid is sob-
mit to than opseisas he relief, and Ihr a tinn his hit op was In
danger, but by takhig rest all danger lam maid imeanyiisl was
r of
mercer, boo great, that lio cas_pay swar=isas with.
out having same before him. NVlen his shall be at
an end, v. is ids design to write as opera, "la wh he shall impart a
musical seam to hie fillowhannono. " whit& Val say young
eau to becomeWl•SidyertfliOner diem yams Mooed of ten.
He lief trig the slimy his men an one et bin Moeda, wbo,
in three days, ow oat with so canyhts a In Ids style,
as to excite ladaseribils ancalisaint. P egniel, the ilia of all
the incense Wired to hint, ippon fns Sam sag t. “ I fre-
quently play (he says so as hi mkt inawass asdisassa, but
to satisfy my ." ' Papnial miss odium whom it is
and if be cannot prise is alisat-6e aeon assansa. pm to;
a time confounded in rumour with a distinvailld en
the violin, who had joined a bead of assassins, sad bolo ispyasnoil he
itaargi n
cars. The calumny. however, was woo
own account*/ his pahasional
appears that they amounted to 7,1781. but this is fir exceeded, is pm.
portion to the time, by his late receipts at Paris, which are 'wird to
amount to tl,OOOl.