Did paganini play guitar
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NICOLO PAGANINI:
HIS LIFE AND WORK.
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"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. XVII.
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STEPHEN S. STRATTON.
"Natura il fece, e poi ruppe la stampa."
Ariosto.
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