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Ole Bull

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Also known as Ole Bornemann Bull

Norwegian violinist (1810–1880)

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Ole Bornemann Bull was a Norwegian-American musician, composer, violinist, and conductor. Born in Bergen in 1810, he was educated at Bergen Cathedral School and spoke Norwegian. He was the sibling of Georg Andreas Bull and Knud Bull. His musical work falls within the classical and romantic genres, and he is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Bull held citizenship in both Norway and the United States. He died in Bergen in 1880. His career involved performing on the violin and composing music. He is associated with the tags classical, violin, norwegian, composer, and romantic. Three of his works are recorded in available archives.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1810
Died
1880
Works
4

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Norway
Active from
1810
Active to
1880

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
15,974
Total plays
46,928

Tags

Classicalviolinnorwegiancomposerromantic

Ole Borneman Bull (5 February 1810 – 17 August 1880) was a Norwegian violinist. Born in Bergen his father wished him to be a minister, but he preferred a musical life. When four or five years old, he could play all the songs he heard his mother sing, on the violin, and when nine, he played first violin in the Bergen Theatre orchestra, and was soloist with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. At 18, he was sent to the University of Christiania, but he failed his examinations. <a href="https://www

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Ole
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Bergen
Place of death
Bergen
Occupation
violinist
Languages spoken
Norwegian
Instrument
violin
Image
Ole Bull cabinet card portrait.jpg
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Commons category
Ole Bull
date of birth
1810-02-05
date of death
1880-08-17
Commons gallery
Ole Bull
Commons Creator page
Ole Bull
birth name
Ole Bornemann Bull
Sources (2)

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Ole Bull, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Gallery (2)