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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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1of the first nobility of England were present, and the ladies were much moved.
3The Duke of Devonshire was especially fond of Rubini, and Ole Bull used to say that he had never received a more delicate compliment than that paid him by the duke when he turned to Rubini and said, as the last tones of the violin died away: "You never sang more delightfully, Rubini!" Mr. James T. Fields once asked in what respect Rubini excelled other tenors, to which Ole Bull replied: "He began where others ended."
5One of the chief triumphs which Ole Bull won in London, in 1836, was on the occasion of a Philharmonic concert in which he appeared with Malibran and Thalberg. So great was his success that his concerts afterward were crowded, one audience at the King's Theatre numbering three thousand people, an unprecedented success that season. He writes in August, 1836:—
7I have just presented some souvenirs of regard to Rubini, Tamburini, Lablache, and Madame Assandri, who have assisted me gratuitously in my concerts here. They are the best people in the world, and immensely talented. They have told me to command them at all times, and as often as I please.
9The following criticisms of his first appearance in London are taken from the Times, which said, in its issue of May 23, 1836:—
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