The second smallest pair, ( 1184, 1210 ), was discovered in 1866 by a then teenage B. Nicolò I. Paganini, having been overlooked by earlier mathematicians.

In the 19th century, the opera conductor, composer, and bassist Giovanni Bottesini was considered the " Paganini of the double bass " of his time.

Throughout his life, Paganini was no stranger to chronic illnesses.

Though having no shortage of romantic conquests, Paganini was once seriously involved with a singer named Antonia Bianchi from Como, whom he met in Milan in 1813.

Meanwhile, Paganini was introduced to Berlioz in Paris in 1833.

Though Paganini also commissioned from him Harold en Italie for viola and orchestra, he never performed it, and instead it was premiered a year later by violist Christian Urhan.

While Paganini was still a teenager in Livorno, a wealthy businessman named Livron lent him a violin, made by the master luthier Giuseppe Guarneri, for a concert.

Paganini was also the inspiration of many prominent composers.

Paganini was impressed by Durand's innovations and showmanship, which later also became the hallmarks of the young violin virtuoso.

Paganini was instrumental in the revival and popularization of these violinistic techniques, which are now incorporated into regular compositions.

The great violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini was a legendary figure who, as a composer, exploited the technical potential of his instrument to its very limits.

On Berlioz's return to Paris, a concert including Symphonie fantastique ( which had been extensively revised in Italy ) and Le retour à la vie was performed, with among others in attendance: Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Heinrich Heine, Niccolò Paganini, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, Alfred de Vigny, Théophile Gautier, Jules Janin and Harriet Smithson.

Thanks to the money Paganini had given him after hearing Harold, Berlioz was able to pay off Harriet's and his own debts and suspend his work as a critic.

In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a ' Paganini ' of the organ-being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique ( both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works ) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written.

Delacroix produced several fine self-portraits, and a number of memorable portraits which seem to have been done purely for pleasure, among which were the portrait of fellow artist Baron Schwiter, an inspired small oil of the violinist Nicolò Paganini, and Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand, a double portrait of his friends, the composer Frédéric Chopin and writer George Sand ; the painting was cut after his death, but the individual portraits survive.

He became world-famous starting in about 1834, and was known as the Nordic Paganini.

His last film ( which he also wrote and directed ) was Kinski Paganini ( 1989 ), in which he played the legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini.

In 1939, Michel Fokine wrote to Rachmaninoff from Auckland, New Zealand, where he was touring, seeking the composer's approval to use Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for his ballet Paganini, which he had almost finished choreographing.

Paganini was premiered in 1939 by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.

Sonata 15 is famous for one of its themes, which matches the theme of Paganini's Caprice No. 24 almost exactly ; it is possible that Paganini was inspired by Biber, just as Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms and Sergei Rachmaninov were later inspired by Paganini's Caprice.

He was later encouraged by Viotti himself and briefly worked with Baillot but did not embrace all their teachings and was also influenced by Paganini.

Paganini has been portrayed by a number of actors in film and television productions, including Stewart Granger in the 1946 biographical portrait The Magic Bow, Roxy Roth in A Song to Remember, and Klaus Kinski in Kinski Paganini ( 1989 ).

After learning this, Berlioz burnt a large number of documents and other mementos which he had accumulated during his life, keeping only a conducting baton given to him by Mendelssohn and a guitar given to him by Paganini.

Several factors — including growth of education, the influence of the Romantic movement generally and in music, popularization ( including the ' star-status ' of many performers such as Liszt and Paganini ), among others — led to an increasing interest in music among non-specialist journals, and an increase in the number of critics by profession, of varying degrees of competence and integrity.

In the future, Lehár composed a number of operettas with roles written specifically for Richard Tauber, including Paganini ( 1925 – though he was not available for the Vienna premiere, and first sang it in Berlin in 1926 ), Der Zarewitsch ( 1927 ), Friederike ( 1928 ), The Land of Smiles ( 1929 ), Schön ist die Welt ( 1930 ), and Giuditta ( 1934 ).

This theatre attracted a number of famous performers, including Paganini, Jenny Lind, Tyrone Power and Barry Sullivan.

Subsequently, he appeared with a number of American orchestras before his Carnegie Hall debut on 29 November 1951, at the age of 15, in the Paganini D major Concerto, with Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting the New York Philharmonic.

Schumann did not number Sphinxes ( which comes between the 8th and 9th numbered sections ) and Intermezzo: Paganini ( between the 16th and 17th ).

Most famously though Paganini Variations, one of his finest pieces of work, which was selected as the test piece for the 2011 Regional Championships ( Championship Section ) and has been used as the test piece for many other major competitions over the years, and has been recorded by a number of bands including Black Dyke, Fodens and Grimethorpe.

A number of projects, many with recordings new to Gavrilov's discography, were announced in 1992 but not realized: Bach's English Suites, the complete Beethoven piano concerti, the Choral Fantasia and the Diabelli Variations, as well as vaguer plans for works by Liszt ( Transcendental Etudes, Paganini Etudes ), Ravel's complete works for piano solo and with orchestra, and the piano concertos of Grieg and Schumann.

A fine sense of timbre and idiomatic writing is characteristic, as is a sense of humour ; the fugal section of the Fantasy on Motives of Burt Bacharach, for example, juxtaposes melodic ideas from Bacharach ’ s " Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head " and Niccolò Paganini ’ s Caprice No. 24 ; the introduction musically spells out Bacharach ’ s name.

An undeterred Paganini continues to perform on three, two, and finally on a single string.

He played Beethoven string quartets with Niccolò Paganini.

He taught himself to play tunes on a violin with one string, and at entertainments which he attended was described as " the modern Paganini.

A string of popular but critically dismissed films followed, including The Magic Bow in which Granger played Niccolò Paganini and Madonna of the Seven Moons ( 1945 ) which the critic Leslie Halliwell called " novelettish balderdash killed stone dead by stilted production ".

Paganini then organized another concert and challenged the audience by playing his Moïses, variations on the G string, moving some to tears.

Other instruments associated with Paganini include the Antonio Amati 1600, the Nicolò Amati 1657, the Paganini-Desaint 1680 Stradivari, the Guarneri-filius Andrea 1706, the Le Brun 1712 Stradivari, the Vuillaume c. 1720 Bergonzi, the Hubay 1726 Stradivari, and the Comte Cozio di Salabue 1727 violins ; the Countess of Flanders 1582 da Salò-di Bertolotti, and the Mendelssohn 1731 Stradivari violas ; the Piatti 1700 Goffriller, the Stanlein 1707 Stradivari, and the Ladenburg 1736 Stradivari cellos ; and the Grobert of Mirecourt 1820 ( guitar ).

The violin is a part of the Paganini Quartet collection of instruments made by Antonio Stradivari.

* Poul Ruders — Etude and Ricercare ( 1994 ), Chaconne ( 1997 ), Pages 1 – 10 ( 2008 ); " Pages " 11-13 " ( 2010 )," Guitar Concerto No. 1 " Psalmodies "" for guitar and nine instruments ( 1986 ), " Solo Suite from Psalmodies " ( 1987 ); " Guitar Concerto No. 2 " Paganini Variations "" for guitar and orchestra ( 2000 ); Solo version of " Paganini Variations " ( 2002 ); New Rochelle Suite ( 2005 ) for guitar and percussion ; Schrodinger's Cat ( 12 Canons for Violin and Guitar ) ( 2012 )

Works by Dohnanyi, Hubay, Mr. D'Albert himself and Paganini, indicated that the violinist had some virtuoso fireworks up his sleeve as well as a reserved attitude toward a lyric phrase.

Brahms's works in variation form include, among others, the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and the Paganini Variations, both for solo piano, and the Variations on a Theme by Haydn ( now sometimes called the Saint Anthony Variations ) in versions for two pianos and for orchestra.

* 1840 – Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer ( b. 1782 )

Paganini on his death bed.

In September 1834, Paganini put an end to his concert career and returned to Genoa.

Contrary to popular beliefs involving him wishing to keep his music and techniques secret, Paganini devoted his time to the publication of his compositions and violin methods.

Neither, however, considered Paganini helpful or inspirational.

In 1835, Paganini returned to Parma, this time under the employ of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, Napoleon's second wife.

In 1836, Paganini returned to Paris to set up a casino.

In May 1840, the Bishop of Nice sent Paganini a local parish priest to perform the Last Rites.

Paganini, assuming the sacrament to be premature, refused.

A week later, on 27 May 1840, Paganini died from internal hemorrhaging before a priest could be summoned.

Paganini brought Achilles on his European tours, and Achilles would later accompany his father until the latter's death.

Throughout his career, Paganini also became close friends with composers Gioachino Rossini and Hector Berlioz.

Rossini and Paganini met in Bologna in the summer of 1818.

In January 1821, on his return from Naples, Paganini met Rossini again in Rome, just in time to become the composer's substitute conductor for his opera Mathilde de Sharbran, upon the sudden death of the original conductor.

Despite his alleged lack of interest in Harold, Paganini often referred to Berlioz as the resurrection of Beethoven and, towards the end of his life, he gave large sums to the composer.