Musical Prodigies–Chapter 2
Update on the book Musical Prodigies by Claude Kenneson.
Niccolo Paganini lived from 1782-1840. He was a violinist, but before he learned violin, he learned to play the mandolin at the age of five. At age seven, he started studying the violin and began composing. By the time he was eight years old, he had written his first sonata. Typically, when he composed music, he did not use any instrument. He was a member of the Jacobins. He enjoyed imitating other instruments with his violin. The famous piece by Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, was based on Paganini’s Caprices.
“My great rule in art is complete unity within diversity.”–Niccolo Paganini (pg. 75, Musical Prodigies by Claude Kenneson)