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The violin and its music, 1885
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1Violinist, M. Ole Bull, born at Bergen in 1810. Probably no Violinist since Paganini has succeeded in gaining so much celebrity as a virtuoso as M. Ole Bull. Many romantic and curious anecdotes are recorded of this artist; the substance of which may be seen in a well-written notice entitled, a "Norwegian Musician."* Purity of tone, great execution, faultless bowing, and a splendid position, were the attributes belonging to this artist. He was an excellent linguist, the greatest traveller among Violinists, and a passionate admirer of Cremonese Violins, of which he was a thorough connoisseur. Mention of the whereabouts of a rare "Strad" or "Joseph," was sufficient to cause Ole Bull to make a journey expressly to see the instrument. When in England, in 1862, I remember how interested he became upon hearing for the first time of the collection of Mr. Joseph Gillott. Without staying to enquire as to the possibility of seeing the instruments, he journeyed to Birmingham. Arrived there, he found the family of Fiddles reposing at the Steel Pen Works, and that their owner was not willing to remove them from the cases in which they had slumbered so long. After doing all possible to gain the object of his mission, he was at length compelled to abandon the idea and return to London. Ole Bull died at Bergen in 1880. He composed several Violin solos, some of which have been published.
3* "Cornhill Magazine," Vol. VI.
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