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‘Waves of cicadas terrorising open-air concerts’ - Letters to the editor: August 2024

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A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: August 2024 issue

Overlooked masterpiece

Last October I visited the Palazzo Doria Tursi in Genoa, Italy, to satisfy my curiosity and take a close look at Nicolò Paganini’s 1743 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin known as ‘Il Cannone’. In the same room, also on display, there is another violin that belonged to Paganini’s only disciple, Camillo Sivori. This violin is reputedly a copy of ‘Il Cannone’ which Paganini commissioned from luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume as a gift for his student…

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