Author: Ole BullPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : da
Pages : 434
Book Description
Ole Bulls breve
Author: Ole BullOle Bull
Author: Einar HaugenPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299132507
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
A child prodigy, Bull was admitted to the Bergen orchestra as first violin at the age of eight. He soon was idolized on both sides of the Atlantic for his superb improvisations and his ability to play the violin polyphonically. Though he was hailed as "the Paganini of the North," some critics labeled him a charlatan for his apparently magic tricks on the violin. Bull counted among his friends the great names of his era: Schumann and Lizst, Emerson and Wagner. Longfellow and Hans Christian Andersen modeled characters on him, and he was in part the inspiration for Ibsen's Peer Gynt. Although he spent most of his adult life abroad, Bull was a tireless promoter of Norwegian art and culture. His concert improvisations were rooted in his native slåtter (folkdance tunes), and he modified his own instrument using the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle as a model. By mid-century, Bull realized his dream of establishing a national theater in Bergen. He gave Henrik Ibsen a start in theater management, employed the poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and promoted the music of Edvard Grieg. His attempt to establish a Norwegian colony, "Oleana," in the United States, however, failed through poor management. The words of the poet Aasmund Vinje, "That surely would be a man to write a book about," have been taken to heart by authors Einar Haugen and Camilla Cai. In addition to providing the first comprehensive listing of Bull's works (with full descriptions of all known sources), analyses of his compositions and their influences, and reviews of his performances, this biography gives life once again to a fascinating and flamboyant figure.
The Violin: Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators, Etc. [With Plates.].
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Author: George Hart (Writer on Violins.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Violin
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The Violin
Author: George HartNorwegian Migration to America ...
Author: Theodore Christian BlegenPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Norway
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Life of Ole Bull
Author: Mortimer Brewster SmithPublisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Violin, Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
Author: George HartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stringed instrument makers
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Violin
Author: George HartPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Violin" (Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators) by George Hart. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Finding List of the Minneapolis Public Library
Author: Minneapolis Public LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Scandinavian literature
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
De Fidiculis Bibliographia: Being an Attempt Towards a Bibliography of the Violin and All Other Instruments Played with a Bow in Ancient and Modern Times
Author: Edward Heron-AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stringed instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description