Conversation so far:
Did Carl Nielsen have a hard time in Carl Nielsen's early years?
Nielsen was born the seventh of twelve children to a poor peasant family in 1865 at Sortelung near Norre Lyndelse, south of Odense on the island of Funen.
When did his his interest begin in playing violin?
when in bed with the measles, I had tried myself out on the little violin.

Question: What happened after he tried the violin?
Self-contained rewrite: What happened after Carl Nielsen tried the violin?