Niccolò Paganini's Cannone

The volume Niccolò Paganini's Cannone and the Conservation of the Historical Violins, which collects the proceedings of the international symposium held in Genoa in conjunction with the 58th Premio Paganini, offers an interdisciplinary exploration of one of the most iconic musical instruments in history: the violin known as the Cannone (The Cannon), crafted by Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesù" and famously owned by Niccolò Paganini. The essays collectively investigate the instrument not only as an exceptional artifact of historical lutherie, but also as a complex cultural object whose conservation raises methodological, scientific, and ethical questions.