Skip to content

Booksellers & Trade Customers: Sign up for online bulk buying at trade.atlanticbooks.com for wholesale discounts

Booksellers: Create Account on our B2B Portal for wholesale discounts

OLE Bull: Norway's Romantic Musician and Cosmopolitan Patriot

by Einar Haugen
Save 17% Save 17%
Current price ₹2,250.00
Original price ₹2,700.00
Original price ₹2,700.00
Original price ₹2,700.00
(-17%)
₹2,250.00
Current price ₹2,250.00

Imported Edition - Ships in 18-21 Days

Free Shipping in India on orders above Rs. 500

Request Bulk Quantity Quote
+91
Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780299132507
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 256
  • Original Price: GBP 16.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 717 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Music

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 sl�tter (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 Bj rnstjerne Bj rnson, 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.

Einar Haugen is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Scandinavian and Linguistics, emeritus, at Harvard University. Camilla Cai is assistant professor of music at Kenyon College. They are father and daughter.

Trusted for over 49 years

Family Owned Company

Secure Payment

All Major Credit Cards/Debit Cards/UPI & More Accepted

New & Authentic Products

India's Largest Distributor

Need Support?

Whatsapp Us