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There's a trope about it? The only fiddle thoughts I can think of are the song referenced in the op, and nero supposedly playing one while rome burned... though I don't think it would have been a fiddle he was playing.
Paganini is said to have sold his soul to the devil to become that good at playing the fiddle e.g.
The depressed fiddler, Paganini, visits the devil incognito.
He spends the hour talking about his depression. Nothing seems worth it anymore. He can’t smile at all. He has no wife or girlfriend to share his life with. Children’s smiles don’t make him happy anymore. His loving little dog doesn’t make him happy. He is at the end of his rope.
Satan: “I think I have the answer. You need to make music. Music can be like a magical cure-all. For one soul I'll let you visit the best fiddler in the world…”
Paganini: “But I….”
Satan: “Paganini! You need to go see Paganini the Fiddler He’s amazing! Literally the best musician in the world. He can make anyone happy.”
Paganini: “But Satan. I am Paganini"