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Anyone who can play Paganini's pieces is a musical god to me.

Being accused of making a deal with the devil because you play the violin too good is a extremely advanced form of being hackusated

Niccolo Paganini: "I'm the only violinist who sold my soul to the devil" Nikocado Avocado: "Hold my Big Mac"

I read that when Niccolo seen the priest they sent to tend to him on his deathbed apparently he had a very negative and strange response, he cast the priest away and became highly agitated and distressed by the presence of the holy man. It encourage the believe that he had indeed sold his soul to the devil or was in alinement with evil forces, so this influenced the public’s speculations of his league with dark forces and subjected Niccolo to much greater pubic scrutiny. But it could have very well been a compilation of his fear to die and possibly the effects of syphilis which cause mental deterioration after long term effects from contraction of the disease. Many went totally mad and mentally unstable due to syphilis and the effects after having it for lengthy periods caused the deterioration of the brain. So either way his reaction would only cause a sense of conformation to the dark rumours of his pact with evil. I have read/studied about a few highly talented artists both musical and visual artists who where deemed to have been In league with the devil or evil because they caused people to be curious about their odd behaviour and their great talent which allowed them to live lives of excess and to have much greater public and financial success and then those in their community which caused pubic hostility and disregard for them which only promoted the rumours of their pact with dark forces. Many great artists where discredited and labeled as conspiring with occult forces or evil but mainly it was because the artists had ability’s that gave them greater social status then the fellow members of their community and this caused great contempt and jealousy so in attempts to damn the artists and ruin their great success they where deemed as being part of evil forces. That’s my take on it anyway. Thanks for this video very interesting and educational, I enjoy videos like this and this one was especially well produced. Good job and thanks again!!

The fact that as a child, he was so good that he surpassed his own teachers proves he did not sell his soul in my opinion. He had the talent from birth, he was a prodigy. His dark side, his vices, are not very surprising considering that people like him tend to struggle with things like that. How many geniuses and/or prodigies have also been very troubled and suffered from mental health issues and addiction?? I think that because they are so gifted and intelligent, they see things differently than others, including the darker parts of life, they feel more deeply and so they constantly struggle with it.

1864 : He's so good at violin, he must have made a deal with the devil. 2023 : He's so good at this game, he must be cheating. People never really change.

Bet he wouldn't have imagined he'd be talked about 200+ years later

I love how this has become a series on the channel. Especially since all the episodes are all so well researched and presented.

It wasn't just that Robert Johnson was a guitar virtuoso, it was his style of blues playing that was so original and made him stand out as such a genius. And rote memorization was a rare thing for musicians in Paganini's era? I don't think so

you might want to correct 2:23... 1782, not 1872 is his birthyear.

Let’s go been waiting

Look who showed up! It's been FOREVER 😭, glad you are back 🔙💕

Wow! Great video man! The fact that there are so many artist renderings of him tells us how incredible he was. I only know of him because an old friend of mine that plays guitar like a shredder, had him as a musical hero. Really enjoyed this. Bravo!

When your so good at playing that people thought you sold your soul 🤣😂😂🤣

Settling in for the night and was glad to see you back. Great bedtime story! 🙂

Great video! Love watching videos of things people haven’t made videos about ten times over (as far as I know with this man being the topic). Love!

You omitted an interesting thing about Paganini, and that it’s very likely that he suffered from Marfan syndrome. It explains his long fingers, his height, and other health issues. It also may have assisted him in his playing. There is a book called “the violinist’s thumb” by Sam Keane that was fascinating.

I loved the way you said "1813 and his name was in the ether." It felt old and new to me. Thank you for this presentation. :)

Thank you for this video!! From what I've heard I also believe that part of the what made him so exciting was the way he behaved on stage through the music. His music is written in an incredibly theatrical style, not dissimilar to contemporary opera of his time, and I imagine that his visual image must have become one with the music he performed.

This is great! Knew the next vid would be worth the wait

Very interesting story that I enjoyed very much. Thank you.

Nice work! Pagani was a very interesting subject.. Excellent research and intelligent "script"!

I always hope to see you upload!! Awesome to see another one brother ❤️

Love your videos!! Awesome to see you upload again!!

Always love your videos!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

6:04 is that a violin cover of To Love's End from Inuyasha? If so, you are truly someone of culture. Geez I love these videos

Yo let's goo, another vid

Ain't there a piece called the devil's chirp or something like that? He composed that one after a dream where he met the devil and it played the fiddle for him. He claimed he just transferred what he listened to on that dream and said he was just an amateur compared to the devil. Edit: I looked it up. It wasn't him but a man named Giusseppe Tartinni.

Never fail to learn something new every time I watch your videos. Great stuff keep 'em coming

New viewer here -- thank you for all this mysterious and scary content for meeee 🥰

fuck yeah lad, can't wait to watch this

Glad I found your channel! You have some great content

Robert Johnson literally sang about selling his soul

6:38 , damn they had a violin battle , the 1800s were crazy

2:20 Niccolo Paganini was not born in 1870; he was born in 1782.

Yet another banger

5:55 I have a recurring nightmare where I'm a child again and I'm lost in a similar looking theatre. I get lost looking for the bathroom, then can't find my box or booth or whatever they're called. There's a peaceful sounding opera going on the whole time but halfway through the dream the singer's voice morphs into Diamanda Galas level scary. I sometimes literally end up night terror screaming.

You're finally here aaaaaa

I know you've probably gotten tons of requests on this already, but I'd like to see a "Morbid Musicians" episode on the former lead singer of rock band Lostprophets; a vile individual named Ian Watkins. What he did pretty muched destroyed the Lostprophet's reputation after they had hits such as "Rooftops" and (the admittedly badass sounding) "Shinobi VS. Dragon Ninja". Thanks and keep up the awesome work, DeBurke.

The first rockstar how Inspirational

I remember a violinist came by my middle school and told us about those during Halloween is was good I just remembered it

I love this series.

Awesome video.

My one hope in life is to be like Niccolo and be so damn good at something that you go to learn from someone only for them to not be good enough and send you to the person who taught them only to then have that teacher also not be good enough and send you to their teacher. The man was basically the Goku of violin players

Great video. Thanks.

very good; enjoyed too your pers reverence of this so gifted Italian.

As someone with a genetic collagen abnormality I've become pretty accustomed to spotting it in others.... Paganini's appearance alone got me wondering, then rubber-like movements were mentioned, along with haemorrhaging... He ticks an awful lot of boxes! A lot of us are also on the autistic spectrum, and again something tells me he'd fit in with us there as well 😆. Thank you for a great video on this fascinating, exceptional human!

No devils & no gods, just pure talent and skill!!

I love how you put a violin cover of the Inuyasha soundtrack in the video 👀

I have a feeling that they were not talking about an actual devil as more about his problems in life

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Not a new subscriber just recently started listening. Must say. Not disappointed. 🤔😎

The best violinist from Beethoven’s era

Anointed by the pope and sold his soul to ‘Ol Goat Lucy!

'I sold my soul to the devil, you sold yours to your label. Sell it, sell it, sell it, sell it.. Sell it, sell it, sell it, sell it. Unlike you, I have principles' - Paganini's response to Shut Down (Sell Out - TwoSetViolin)

Fascinating🎻

If your accused of being associated with the devil for being too good, then you’ve reached the peak

as an athiest and someone who's always been chasing being the best musician, these sorts of tales have always intrigued me.

That last name is exotic af. Hard to separate from Pagani, the master supercar designer

Paganini was actually born in 1782, but everything else was good info! Good video!

“And he played the guitar in private” *shows a bass*

He was born in 1782

2:18 He was born in 1782, not 1872.

His last name literally has Pagan in it

This guy fire.

Today's Paganini birth anniversary then (10/27/2022)

KZfaq hoeing for not making this hit more algorithms

Imagine how many people there are in the world who aren't doing the one thing theyre probably the best at.

antonio paganini bro heart eyes from the hit game idv

Welcome back bro Jesus have not seen you since they sign the declaration of independence

i really respect how the video was closed out, good stuff

When you said he privately played guitar the video you shown was actually a bass

3:24 Ah yes, Paganini was so good, that he does not even need a chin rest to play the violin.

Today is the 27-october-2022 and im watching this coincidence ?? I just went and searched for this man like i know something going to happen 😅😂

If you think you can’t make a deal with a dark entity then you are LOST 💯

Wow...a European tour even back then. I wonder how they would arrange and schedule such a thing without phones or email. XD

“I could never sell my soul, they sold there soul to me. Now here’s the movie” S.C.

You can’t sell what is not yours! your soul is Gods

Video starts at 2:18

he literally was a rockstar omg

Reminds me of me strangely

1:11 I’m fairly certain that he was born in 1782, and not 1872.

Mozart also received the order of the golden spur

No one knows the son but the father and the father but the son.

HE SOLD HIS SOUL

Brings to mind Buckethead 🎸 another genius..no disrespect to any..

The fact the Pope of that time gave him whatever reward, is proof alone he sold his soul.

did this happen in Georgia? did he receive a golden fiddle?

God owns our souls, you can’t “sell” it. Now we are given free will and you can choose to live your life that way but in the end the only judge is God so people make a choice on how they live your soul is God’s. Love and God bless everyone.

24 caprice

Is there anything that would be worth selling your soul for?

i wanna know the due procedure if it ever exists

Can you make a morbid musician documentary on Rammstein. They are a shock rock group originated from East Germany.

He was born in 1782. Not 1872.

He admitted this. Although I believe just because someone sold their souls to Satan doesn't mean they can't repent. And be forgiven. But most who do this believe they can not be forgiven. So sadly they don't try. Nothing on this planet is worth selling your soul. Things on earth are temporary and then it is gone. Then comes eternity.

Wasn’t he also head of Napoleon Bonaparte sister’s personal guard?

Niccolo and Ozzy would have been best buds

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