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2 unusual facts about Ole Bull


Einar Haugen

His last book was a biography of Norwegian virtuoso violinist Ole Bull co-written with his daughter, Camilla Cai.

Emma Cecilia Thursby

In the late 1860s and early 1870s, Thursby sang with performers including Ole Bull and Theodore Thomas.


Henning Kraggerud

1999: Bull, Halvorsen, Grieg, Sinding, Svendsen: Norwegian Violin Favourites (Naxos Music), with «Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra», conductor: Bjarte Engeset

Tales of a Wayside Inn

Many of the characters in Tales of a Wayside Inn were inspired by real people: Luigi Monti (the Sicilian), Daniel Treadwell (the theologian), Thomas William Parsons (the poet), Henry Wales (the student), Isaac Edrehi (the Spanish Jew), Ole Bull (the musician), and Lyman Howe (the landlord).


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