Ole Bull: Norway’s Romantic Musician and Cosmopolitan Patriot

The biography of a controversial and colorful genius of the 19th century. Bull (1810-70) was founder of Norway's national theater, a virtuoso violinist and celebrated composer, and an international ambassador for Norwegian culture, who counted among his friends and admirers the great names of his era: Schumann, Lizst, Emerson, Longfellow, Ibsen, Hans Christian Anderson, among others. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.