A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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in face of great opposition on the part of the father, who began to entertain ears as to his son's future. In 1825 there settled in Bergen a violinist named Lund-holm, a pupil of Baillot, and to him went Ole for further lessons. During his period of self-tuition, young Ole had contracted a habit of holding the violin in a manner contrary to custom, and the endeavours of Lundholm to rid him of this practice were not attended with that success they deserved, the result being that relations were constantly strained between master and pupil. At the request of his father, Ole Bull entered upon a course of study with a private tutor to fit himself for the preliminary examination of the University, but he still found time to pursue his beloved art with increased perseverance. At the age of eighteen he presented himself for admission in the University of Christiania, but failed to pass the necessary tests to the great mortification of his parent. Allowed for a time to follow the bent of his own inclinations, Ole Bull was not long in bringing himself into prominence, with the result that he was offered a temporary position as director of the Philharmonic and Dramatic Societies of Christiania during the illness of Thrane. On the death of the latter, a month afterwards, Old Bull was nominated to fill the post, at a salary sufficient to relieve him from further de-
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