A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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a third journey to America, proceeded direct to Chicago, and was received with unbounded enthusiasm. During the visit he made the acquaintance of a Miss Thorpe, a lady residing at Madison, Wisconsin, who afterwards became his second wife. The marriage took place in Norway in 1870, after which the pair returned to the United States. The year 1872 was spent in Norway, at the end of which he again visited America on a professional tour with his old success. After a period of some months he returned to Norway and took up his residence on the small island of Lyso ; a house having been built there for him in his absence. The winter of 1873 found him once more in France, and during this tour Florence and Rome were again visited. He returned to Norway the following year.
During the remainder of his days the great Artist lived chiefly in his charming island residence, appearing occasionally at concerts to take his farewell of a public, who had supported him for so many years. At the time of his death he was in his seventy-first year. His principal compositions are, " Concerto in E minor," " The mountains of Norway," " Polacca Guerriera." He was also the author of " Violin Notes," and " Grammar of the Violin."
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