Paganini had drawn criticism from his contemporaries, who cited his works as a musical diablerie due to their complexity and fury. |
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Jupiter is jovial, Venus rapt and serene, but Mercury could do with a bit more diablerie and the final Neptune a better sense of the ethereal. |
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For instance, a black cat, a dark night, and a dark place are all symbolic of diablerie. |
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I think it is the very best story of diablerie which I have read for many years. |
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Diablerie, a representation in words or pictures of black magic or of dealings with the devil. |
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