and then the striking otherworldly musicians , the tall , baldheaded , and smiling notker who bowed to her , and his violinists from the mountains and the young boys and women who 'd been singing with such brilliant and throbbing soprano voices , and then antoine , antoine who looked like the impersonation of paganini with his violin , and sybelle , sybelle in long black chiffon , her neck positively wrapped in diamonds , rising from the piano bench to take her hand .