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Ole Bull: a memoir; with Ole Bull's 'Violin notes' and A. B. Crosby's 'Anatomy of the violinist', 1897

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1against such dangerous delay. "How can you be so careless of your fame, Ole?" said Thorwaldsen; "do try to have this new piece done in season; if not for your own sake, at least for mine; for, independent of my affection for you, you know I claim you as a countryman, and my pride of country is at stake." 1
3The concert was advertised, and the Polacca was in the programme; still it had no existence, except in the musician's soul. "Have you written that music?" said Thorwaldsen. "Are you crazy?" inquired the painter. But he would throw his arms around them, and laugh and jest, as if his musical reputation concerned everybody more than it did himself. The day before the concert his friends were in despair when they saw him prepare to go out after breakfast. "Have you written any of that music?" said they, entreatingly. "No, my dear friends, but I have it all here," replied he, playfully touching his forehead. They urged that the concert was to be the next day, and that the piece must be rehearsed. "I will do it this evening," said he. "You are an imprudent man," they replied; "the public of Rome will not bear such treatment even from a favorite like yourself; you will make a complete failure." He laughed, and coaxed them caressingly not to be troubled on his account. The evening was far spent when he returned. The artist, in anxious tones, asked, "Dear Ole, have you done anything about that music?" "No, I have not had time." "Well, do set about it this moment." "Oh, I cannot; I am so tired that I must go
51 Norway and Denmark, it will be remembered, were formerly included under the same government.

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