A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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Bull, Ole Bornemann, born at Bergen, Norway, Feb. 5th, 1810, died there Aug. 18th, 1880. One of the greatest performers of this century. His father, Johan Storm Bull, was a pharmaceutist, and intended that Ole should enter the church. How far these expectations were realized will presently be seen. On the mother's side the family were musical, and at the house of an uncle occasional quartet parties were given, at which young Ole was often present, and listened with delight to the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. This uncle, perceiving that the young boy possessed a strong poetic imagination and an ardent passion for music, presented the child with a violin, upon which he practiced so assiduously that he was soon able to take part in the family musical gatherings. Ole was next placed with a violin player named Paulsen, a native of Denmark, under whom his progress was such that he speedily became a rival of his master; causing that worthy to quit Bergen for his native land. The lad was then left to pursue his studies entirely unaided, 2 353
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