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northern, po~sra toto cuo' change. which some hsN
been already found 6cklo enough 10 sdm', with very ht
ts question or hesitation.
A musical Lion lately came.
fGtiu Parsnni was his natns,
And raisod among such fame,
That there veril, seemed no end ont
Bot the Lion went. and Ball hath sway,
whertat 'tis n natural thing 10 say,
That ~ a. Leo y out OF the way
Here's Taurus In the ascendant.
II would he omission scarcely venihl were there nc
place assigned these pages TO 80 remarkable person as
al, for CLAUS Bull The following sketch, OF which tie
,sr,,,o mart is chiefly derived from French account OF
him, written by medical professor and musical amateur
VI Lyons, 10 therefore submitted To my readers
IL CHANGED on certain day, during the time when the
chooru Was raging in French capital tina, Of the
numerous diigonce which then wont 10 make their
return journey smcst empty state deposited IN the
yard Of n coach office, young northern traveller who
came after the example Of other, TO seek his for
tune at Paris Scarcely arrived his twentieth year, he
had quilted his family, his studies and Norway the land OF
his home, give himself wholly up To passion whoh had
held with hin, from his infancy
The object OF this porvadng passion was music and the
VIOLIN Deeply scated active and irresistible the bias had
sered hm when he quilted his cradle aud had
ed from hold upon him. Al six yosn old he would re-
peat on a le common fiddle bought at sir all the
had heard sung around him. played the street,
and years afterwards he had asonshed society OF
professional men, BY PLAYING sight the hi violin part IN
Quartette Of Piey,ls-though he had taken lea.
music. hut had found cut his way entirely alone.
Destined afterwards by his family the ecclcasc life,
kept his thoughts fixed hs beloved violin, which
h- friend his companion, the central object OF his attach
inent At the instance Of h father, the study u the law
became subsequently hs unwilling pursuit. aud AZ length,
these struggles ended in his yielding To the impulse Of his
love for the violin and banishng himself from Norway in
order devote all his dave TO the cultivation music lnthe
midst o mourning ciy-a atom in the region OF a
wofldwhat ~ "a become OF the young artist Hs magl
nation ch his purse meHgre his whole
lies his von-and Vel he has faith IN IT, 10 the
Of looking for and through its
fendcss and paoncss he forward 10 be heard At
any other his talents have forced public
GnOn in his BEHALF but those days OF desoaton. when
death threatening every soul around, who could lend
his 10 the charmcr
Farewell fortune farewell fame, The young artist u
, alone in his misery yet quite alone for his cherished
violin remains like friend 10 console hm. The cup Of Bit
iemess, however, to be completely filled. One
day, in returning the miserable apartment he occupied
obscure lodging house. he found that the trunk
which his last slender contained, had dsap
pesed He turned his eyes the spot where he had placed
his violn-it gone This climax Of disaster
much for the poor enthusiast wandered abou, for three
DAYS IN the streets Of Paris prey want and despair and
then threw himself into the Seine.
But the which the young Norwegian called
tend and cmbellish atcd sustain deporabe
Il loss. The hand of some humane person rescued him
from his His seemed like another
special nteposion al Providence; for he became the OBJ
Ject of benevolent attention to mother who had just lost
her through the cholera, aud who found in the young
stranger remarkable resemblance him, that she
ceved lin into her house. and, though possessed of but
The cholera in the meantime, ceased it, rayagss, and
Paris assumed Its habua aspect Supplied with bread and
asylum, and afterwards with the loan OF violin,
Oo Bull was again enabled % crafty his devotion for
BY degrees his began be heard and he arm.
we'd at small reputation. Thus encouraged he
tured the experiment. Of and fortune smiled on
him for the first tme for he gained 1900 francsa large
sum, considering the position IN which he then
Possessed Of this unexpected and almost unlocked tor
hle fortune, he for Switzerland, and thence
into Italy
Al
10 have been made he had tired vany obtain INTRO.
ductlOn the public, until accident accomplished what h.
began TO despair OF. Full OF painful the chilling
repression which his simple, naruicia uniriendy cndea
Nors had been iaed 10 meet him, he down with the
solution TO compose something's and II partly amidst
How OF obtrusivc that his purpose fulfilled Tax
rug his instrument he then proceeded try the effect OF
The ideas he had just called into life At that moment,
CHANGED that Madame Rosni passing by the house in
which his humble apartment situated The impression
made on her was such that she spoke upon
II TO the director OF Philharmonic Society who was in
critical predicament owing failure in a promise
which had been made him by De Berio and the Syren
Malbran. Madame Rossins piece Of intelligence was
burst OF light 10 the Manager Distress he had found
his The artist induced play before the diet
ian OF Bologna, and his success complete. At Lucia
Florence Milan, Rome aud Venice the impression he made
WAS yet greater and decisive. On occasion he
was recalled several tmes by the audience, and always hail
ed with the utmost enthusiasm. At the Neapotan theatre
OF ssn Carlos, he was summoned back by the public no
less than nine tines three after the performance OF MS
perfect fHrore.
Our Norwegian now revisited Paris under happier
auspices. Welcomed and introduced with eager kindness
o. the composer OF Robert L. Diabe he was sey.ra times
listened with delight the stage Of tho opera and OBJ
tanned the greatest that had been known since the
display made by Paganin Opinions are not agreed ns 70
me extent to which Ole Bull 10 be considered iJtjr
OF Pagnnin
1t appears that the example Of the latter first led
HIN 10 attempt the strange and remote difficulties of the
instrument Ii was during the time OF ais distressed con
All hE N1FfrflNu B. a..
by actually selling his last Shirt with the produce of which
be enjoyed the crowd IN the saloon o the French opera-
Every one around h after the eecirtyng strains of the
magical performer, excaung that he had renched the
EARNEST limits OF what was possible the violin. Ole
Bull says the writer OF tie French account after applaud
ing IAe the rest rehred IN thoughtful mood NAV ing Just
caught tue nohon that something beyond this was yet posi-
Dei nor dld inc ldea cease u occupy his mind but gather
ed fresh strength during his ramb c IN and ,ly
until mpcled him, at Trieste sblndon the old track
aud resign himself TO his genus. In Justice 10 Paga
NM, II must never be orp0teu tat lie was the first who
established the principle of ts being possible 70 extract
Nano Of new effects from ihc versatile instrument that had
lteh supposed TO have TendeIed 40 the great
hnteeodrn masters aud thar bis practice .ut ,,srvop-
illustration 10 what he had invented nor does the Yo,ena
rY OF Paganini IN the ceurs for the rcs.ons r,
'"is'p touched upon 300 les. pages, likely L. be scr
"lsy shaken 10y any who mas 'eek Go, encounter of COM
parison
IL may certainly be- aycrr,d however that f all ,ybo
have attempted to follow him, dc Bull has shown the prea
'si Hpud' Tor =" difficult task and owing to ihr fire
u enhu,iash "i o"niempemment, has been decidedly
u' EARNEST removed from scryy, Of the imatJrs who
nave travelled IN the tract " the GuDoer prnius ANY
comparison with PaRanini s however Ut the present time
scarcely lar towards the Norwegian artist when the great
hef'ncc OF age and experience considered md when II
y remembered that IN the carly practice Of m ns,rr,et
instead OF excitement Ole Bull had tu encounter inc oppo
s"n o edverse views, and instead OF the open aid %. ma
ser, had only for h guide the secret rnpses of his o,
exploring mind. To speak Of him AZ he ~ L INNS, bc No.
knowcdged man Of uc genius who has forced his ,o
,p''usu uncommon uhcnIues 10 distinguished rank In