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 ===== I. Origins: Baroque Music in the County of Nice =====
-The musical life of Nice reaches back to the Baroque period. It was in Nice, in **1538**, during the historic meeting between Pope Paul III, Emperor Charles V, and King Francis I of France, that the word **//violino//** (violin) appears for the very first time in the history of music.((Portail des savoirs des Alpes-Maritimes, //La musique baroque dans le comté de Nice//, Département 06.)) This seemingly incidental detail reveals the strategic and cultural importance that Nice already occupied at the heart of Renaissance musical Europe.
+The musical life of Nice reaches back to the [[wp>Baroque period]]. It was in Nice, in **1538**, during the historic meeting between [[wp>Pope Paul III]], [[wp>Emperor Charles V]], and [[wp>King Francis I]] of France, that the word **//violino//** (violin) appears for the very first time in the history of music.(([[wp>Portail des savoirs des Alpes-Maritimes]], //La musique baroque dans le comté de Nice//, Département 06.)) This seemingly incidental detail reveals the strategic and cultural importance that Nice already occupied at the heart of Renaissance musical Europe.
-Among the Niçois composers of this era, **Stefano Rossetti** (sixteenth century) stands out as one of the few to have left his name in the local annals. Organ-building was also flourishing: in 1789, King Victor Amadeus granted **Honoré Grinda**, a Nice-born organ builder trained in Turin, the official title of organ maker with a mandate to train apprentices. Together with his brother Antoine, also a maker of fortepianos, Grinda built three instruments between 1790 and 1793 at Villefranche, L'Escarène, and Clans — all since restored.
+Among the Niçois composers of this era, [[wp>Stefano Rossetti]] (sixteenth century) stands out as one of the few to have left his name in the local annals. Organ-building was also flourishing: in 1789, [[wp>King Victor Amadeus]] granted [[wp>Honoré Grinda]], a Nice-born organ builder trained in Turin, the official title of organ maker with a mandate to train apprentices. Together with his brother Antoine, also a maker of fortepianos, Grinda built three instruments between 1790 and 1793 at [[wp>Villefranche]], [[wp>L'Escarène]], and [[wp>Clans]] — all since restored.
-The collection of Baroque organs across the Alpes-Maritimes constitutes an exceptional instrumental record of the region's musical life, with remarkable instruments at Tende, La Brigue, Saorge, Sospel, and Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée.
+The collection of Baroque organs across the Alpes-Maritimes constitutes an exceptional instrumental record of the region's musical life, with remarkable instruments at [[wp>Tende]], [[wp>La Brigue]], [[wp>Saorge]], [[wp>Sospel]], and [[wp>Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée]].
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 ==== Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) ====
-The most celebrated violin virtuoso of all time chose Nice as the place to end his days. <fc #800000>**Niccolò Paganini**</fc>, born in Genoa on 27 October 1782, is considered one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His influence on the composers who followed him — Liszt, Schumann, Brahms, Rachmaninoff — was immense.((Encyclopaedia Britannica, //Niccolò Paganini//.))
+The most celebrated violin virtuoso of all time chose Nice as the place to end his days. [[wp>Niccolò Paganini]], born in Genoa on 27 October 1782, is considered one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His influence on the composers who followed him — Liszt, Schumann, Brahms, Rachmaninoff — was immense.((Encyclopaedia Britannica, //Niccolò Paganini//.))
 After the financial collapse of his Parisian casino in 1836, Paganini's health deteriorated gravely. He left Paris at Christmas 1838 for Marseille, then made his way to Nice, where he died on **27 May 1840**, aged 57, from internal haemorrhaging. His death in Nice was surrounded by singular drama: refusing the last rites he believed premature, he died without a priest, which led the Church to deny him Catholic burial for several years. His remains were not finally laid to rest until 1876, in Parma.