Aix–la–Chapelle, Ole Bull at, 244.
Alexander, the prestidigitateur, 174.
Algiers, concerts in, 193.
Amsterdam, concerts at, 134.
Andersen, Hans C., letter to Ole Bull, 105;
meets him in Marseilles, 193;
quoted, 129, 150.
Andunson, Thorgeir, 201.
Antwerp, concerts at, 124.
Appleton, Mr. T. G., 272, 299, 301.
Artot, the violinist, 151, 161.
Assandri, Mdlle., 86.
Augsburg, concerts at, 115.
Bach, Emil, 267.
Baillot, 20, 22, 40, 41, 74.
Baltimore, concerts at, 164, 178, 213, 216.
Bates, Miss C. F., sonnet to Ole Bull, 300.
Bavaria, Queen Dowager of, 115.
Bendixen, Mr., remarks at Ole Bull’s funeral, 324.
Bennett, J. G., 233.
Bergen, 1.
Berlin, Ole Bull in, 96, 97, 108, 124, 248.
Berlioz, 40.
Bernadotte (Karl Johan), 31.
Bettina Von Arnim, 238.
Björnson, Björnsterne, 236;
his funeral address, 317.
Bjornstjerna, Count, 119.
Bochsa, the harpist, 88.
Bologna, Ole Bull at, 55.
Booth, Edwin, 305.
Bordeaux, concerts at, 191, 196.
Borgund church, the, 147.
Boston, concerts at, 165, 170, 176, 254, 271, 305.
Botta, Mrs., her “Farewell,” 187.
Boucher, the brothers, 142.
Bremen, concerts at, 107, 143.
Breslau, concerts at, 110, 131.
Bristol, R. I., Ole Bull at, 168.
Brizzi, Leader of the Orfeo at Florence, 262.
Brun, J. N., the poet, 35.
Brunswick, concerts in, 107.
Brussels, Ole Bull at, 124, 280.
Burgesh, Lord, 81.
Cairo, Egypt, visit to, 270.
California, tour in, 224.
Cambridge, residence in, 299;
concert in, 305.
Carlsbad, Ole Bull at, 239.
Cary, Alice, visit to, 165.
Cassel, Ole Bull at, 38, 107, 112.
Cessole, Count, 93.
Charleston, S. C., Ole Bull at, 157.
Chatsworth, stay at, 90.
Chicago, concerts at, 253.
Child, Mrs. L. M., quoted, 61, 66, 125, 153, 170, 172, 181;
visited by Ole Bull, 230.
Chopin, 49, 65.
Christian Frederic, Prince of Denmark, 32.
Christiania, Ole Bull at, 27, 40, 100,132, 134, 144, 148, 206, 245.
Cincinnati, concerts at, 254.
Clay, Henry, note from, 213.
Clemmer, Mrs. Mary, quoted, 166.
Coblentz, Ole Bull at, 251.
Colton, Mr. W. E., 293.
Copenhagen, Ole Bull at, 105, 134, 141, 144, 148, 213, 248.
Cornelius, the painter, 114.
Costa, the director, 81.
Criticisms of Ole Bull: London _Times_, 84, 86, 87;
_New York Herald_, 179, 276, 292;
_Corsaire Satan_, 189;
_Le Constitutionnel_, 190;
_Le Sud_, 192;
the _Español_, 195;
the Valencia _Fenix_, 196;
Geo. Wm. Curtis (in _New York Tribune_), 216;
Southern paper, 222;
_New York Evening Post_, 234;
Philadelphia paper, 253;
_New York Tribune_, 255, 292;
_Corriere Italiano_, 262;
Philadelphia _Press_, 278;
Boston _Journal_, 292.
Crosby, Dr. A. B., paper by, 279.
Cuba, visit to, 161.
Curtis, Geo. Wm., criticisms by, 216.
Dahl, the painter, 130.
Damerond, Princess, and her soirée, 142.
Damoreau, Madame, 151, 158.
De Beriot at Milan, 56;
at Lucca, 63;
at Naples, 65;
at London, 83.
Devonshire, Duke of, 83, 84, 90.
Döhler, the pianist, 63, 142.
Doremus, Prof. R. O., 255, 280.
Dovrefjeld, Ole Bull ascends the, 146.
Dresden, concerts at, 129, 132.
Dufours, Dr., 48, 115.
Duncker defends Ole Bull at Christiania, 208.
Duprez assists Ole Bull in concerts at Florence, 61.
Ebeling, Adolf, quoted, 266.
Egeberg family, the, 132.
Eidsvold, constitutional convention at, 32.
Elssler, Fanny, 143, 238.
Ericsson, John, 258;
letter from, 259.
Ernst plays with Ole Bull in 1832, 49;
meets him in Copenhagen, 142;
at Baden–Baden, 239.
Essipoff, Madame, 276.
Everett, Edward, quoted, 275.
Fasting, the poet, 35.
Faxe, Bishop, 138.
Fearnley, the artist, 65, 83.
Fétis, Monsieur, 124.
Fields, James T., quoted, 84, 314;
Ole Bull spends New Year’s Eve with, 276.
Finck, the musical critic, 109.
Finland, tour in, 100, 243.
Fiorentino, P. A., criticism on Ole Bull, 190.
Florence, concerts in, 61, 261.
Frederic, King of Denmark, 105.
Frederic VI. of Norway, 31, 146.
Frimann, the brothers, 35.
Fuller, Margaret, quoted, 167.
Galizin, Princess, 99.
Geijer, Gustaf, 137.
German violinists, Ole Bull upon, 294.
Gerster, the singer, 282.
Gertner, the painter, 147.
Godesberg, Ole Bull breaks a rib at, 244.
Goldschmidt, Mr., quoted, 5, 20, 53, 201.
Gould, T. R., quoted, 158.
Grieg, the composer, 296;
address at funeral, 323.
Grisi, Madame, 83, 88.
Gude, the painter, 200, 206, 211.
Guild, Mr. Curtis, address by, 272.
H. H., quoted, 240.
Habeneck, the musical director, 74, 75, 294.
Hale, Rev. E. E., address by, 272, 275.
Hamburg, Ole Bull at, 94, 132, 134, 143, 213, 237, 243.
Hanover, concerts in, 107.
Havana, visit to, 162.
Heidelberg, concerts at, 112, 124.
Hellmesberger, Mr. J., 282.
Helmholtz, the physicist, 260.
Hiller, the composer, 116.
Hjelm, Winter, quoted, 206.
Holberg, the poet, 1, 20, 35.
Holland House, Ole Bull at, 91.
Holstein, Prince of, 251.
Horsford, Professor, 276, 306.
Hulder, the, 17, 53.
Isabella II. of Spain, 194.
Janson, Kristofer, 201.
Joachim, the violinist, 239;
quoted, 321.
Jules Janin’s criticism, 71, 135.
Karl Johan, King, 31, 33, 132, 146, 149.
Kiel, concerts in, 95.
Königsberg, concerts in, 96, 98, 249.
Lablache, the singer, 83, 86.
Lacour and his violin varnish, 49.
Lamartine, 196.
Lapinsky, the violinist, 110.
Laporte, director of Opera at London, 80.
Lausanne, Ole Bull at, 50.
Leipsic, concerts at, 124.
Letters: to Mdlle. Villeminot, 77, 81, 82, 90;
on death of Malibran, 89;
to his wife from Lübeck, 95;
from Berlin, 96;
on his father’s death, 99;
in 1839, 112;
about Liszt, 120;
from Liszt, 123, 283;
from Prague, 129;
from St. Petersburg, 131;
on the Upsala affair, 136;
from Stockholm, 139;
from New Orleans, 161;
from New York, 179;
from Vuillaume, 197;
from Hans Gude, 211;
from Wergeland, 212;
to his brother from Georgia, 223;
from C. A. Seward, 229;
from E. W. Stoughton, 230;
from Mrs. H. B. Stowe, 233;
from A. O. Winje, 236;
from Fanny Elssler, 237;
to his son from Vienna, 238;
from Pesth, 239;
from Hamburg, 243;
from Christiania, 247;
from Königsberg, 249;
from Wiesbaden, 249;
to his son in Paris, 251;
from St. Petersburg, 252;
from J. Ericsson, 259;
from Helmholtz, 260;
to Liszt, 283.
Lexington, Ky., visit to, 213.
Lie, Jonas, quoted, 2, 199, 210, 248.
Linz, concerts at, 111.
Liszt, the pianist, 119, 122, 124, 239, 264, 282.
Longfellow: his “Skeleton in Armor,” 274;
Christmas with, 276;
references to Ole Bull, in “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” 287;
his 73d birthday, 299.
Lovenhjelm, Swedish minister at Paris, 46.
Löwenskjold, 132.
Lübeck, concerts at, 95.
Lund, concerts at, 133.
Lundholm, the violinist, 20, 22, 140.
Luneburg, concerts at, 148.
Lyons, concerts at, 79, 192.
Lysekloster, 14, 284, 308.
Lysö, Ole Bull’s residence, 261, 285, 299, 306, 309.
Madison, Wis., Ole Bull at, 256.
Madrid, concerts at, 194.
Malibran, Madame: at the Paris Opera, in 1831, 41;
at Milan, 56, 59;
at Lucca, 63;
anecdotes of, 60, 295;
at London, 84;
her death, 89.
Mammoth Cave, visit to, 175.
Marchesi, Madame Mathilde, 282.
Marseilles, concerts at, 192, 196.
Martha, the housekeeper, 287, 311.
May 17th, Independence Day in Norway, 37.
Mayence, concerts at, 116.
Mecklenburg–Schwerin, the Duchess of, 96.
Mendelssohn, 109, 124, 281.
Merlin, Madame, 113.
Metternich, 80.
Meyerbeer, 75.
Milan, Ole Bull at, 50.
Milwaukee, Ole Bull at, 253.
Mobile, visit to, 158.
Möllar–gutten, the peasant violinist, 201.
Moltke, Baron, 113.
Monrad, the poet, 35.
Montebello, Duke of, 49.
Montfort, Prince of, 114.
Moore, Dr., of Liverpool, 306, 314.
Moore, Thomas, 91.
Morandi, the secretary, 119.
Morges, visit to, 50.
Mori, the first violin at London Opera, 80, 83.
Moscheles, 82.
Mozart, Ole Bull’s rendering of and reverence for, 110, 111,
145, 294.
Mozart, Madame, 111, 114.
Munch, the poet, 133.
Münden, the concert at, 39.
Munich, concerts at, 114.
Musæus, Ole Bull’s tutor, 25.
Naples, Ole Bull at, 64.
Naples, Queen Dowager of, 63.
Nassau, Duke of, 250.
Neumünster, concerts at, 94.
New Orleans, Ole Bull at, 157, 161, 174.
New York, concerts at, 151, 169, 170, 176, 178, 180, 216, 305.
Nilsson, Christine, 282.
Norwegian dances, 201;
history, 30;
literature, 35;
National Theatre, 198;
popular music, 5, 203.
Öhlenschläger, the Danish poet, quoted, 144.
Ole Bull: his birthplace, 1;
his parents, 2;
“Uncle Jens,” 3, 7, 11;
in the Latin School, 3;
early ideas of music, 4;
first violin, 8;
first musical triumph, 11;
plays Fiorillo’s “Studies,” 14;
at Lysekloster, 15;
at Valestrand, 17;
first studies in violin construction, 18;
death of baby sister, 19;
plays in orchestra when nine years old, 20;
taught by Lundholm, 20;
first acquaintance with Paganini’s music, 21;
his tutor Musæus, 25;
examined for the University, 27;
influence on Norwegian art, 36, 318;
on May 17th, 1829, 37;
visits Spohr, 38;
at Göttingen, 38;
at Münden, 39;
returns to Norway, 40;
goes to Paris in 1831, 41;
robbed of everything, 42;
acquaintance with Vidocq, 43;
at Frascati’s, 44;
tempted to suicide, 46;
meets Mdlle. Villeminot, 47;
attacked with brain fever, 45;
hears Paganini, 48;
plays at the Duke of Riario’s, 49;
gives concert under patronage of Duke of Montebello, 49;
tour in Switzerland and Italy, 50;
concert and studies at Milan, 50;
writes his “Concerto in A major,” 52;
visits Venice and Trieste, 55;
wins his first laurels at Bologna, 55;
invited to Florence, 61;
writes his “Quartetto a Violino Solo,” and “Preghiera d’una
Madre,” 61;
begins his “Polacca Guerriera,” 62;
at Pierro a Silve, 62;
writes “Grammar of Violin,” 62;
visits Baths of Lucca, 63;
goes to Naples, 64;
to Rome in 1835, 65;
completes the “Polacca,” 66;
to Paris, and plays at the Grand Opera, 71;
criticised by Jules Janin, 71;
severe illness in 1836, 79;
goes to London, 80;
his troubles with Mori and Costa, 80;
plays for Duke of Devonshire, 83;
married in 1836, 76, 88;
concert tour with Bochsa, 88;
on death of Malibran, 89;
bursts a blood–vessel, 90;
at Chatsworth, 90;
becomes acquainted with Paganini at Paris, 92;
concerts at Brussels and Courtray, 93;
at Hamburg in 1838, 94;
at Berlin, 96, 97;
at Königsberg and Riga, 98;
at St. Petersburg, 98, 99;
at Moscow, 99;
hears of his father’s death, 99;
tour in Finland, 100;
at Stockholm, 100;
at Christiania in 1838, 100;
at Bergen, 104;
writes “The Mountains of Norway,” 104;
third Continental tour, 105;
at Copenhagen, 105;
at Hamburg, 107;
visits Spohr again at Cassel, 107;
goes to Berlin, 108;
criticised by Finck, 109;
in Breslau and Vienna, 110;
his rendering of Mozart, 110;
visits Hungary, 111;
at Salzburg, the home of Mozart, 111;
returns to Paris, 111;
revisits Germany, 112;
to Paris again in 1839, 112, 119;
death of his child and his grandmother, 113;
his business habits, 117;
goes to London in 1840, 119;
his troubles with Morandi, 119;
with Liszt in London, 119, 120, 122;
goes to Belgium, the Rhine, and Heidelberg, 124;
in Berlin at the coronation of King William, 124;
in Dresden and Prague, 129;
writes his “Concerto in E minor,” 129;
his “Grüss aus des Ferne,” 130;
tour in Russia, 131;
sick at St. Petersburg, 131;
visits Norway, 132;
tour in Holland, 134;
and in Sweden, 135;
his letter on the Upsala affair, 136;
concert and “Sexa” at Upsala, 137;
troubles at Stockholm, 139;
celebrates Karl Johan’s birthday, 140;
meets his old teacher Lundholm, 140;
at Copenhagen, 141;
publishes three compositions, 143;
birth of a daughter, 144;
visits Throndhjem and climbs the Dovrefjeld, 146;
plays for peasants at Sogn, 147;
sails for America in 1843, 148;
concerts in New York and elsewhere, 151, 152;
makes Southern tour, 157;
on the Mississippi, 159;
visits Cuba, and writes two compositions there, 161;
returns to the United States, 164;
arrested by Schubert, 164;
visits Alice Cary, 165;
tour in New England, New York, and Canada, 168;
writes the “Niagara,” 168;
plays it in New York, 169;
writes “Solitude of Prairies” and “David’s Psalm,” 169;
tour in Mississippi Valley, 175;
in the Mammoth Cave, 175;
at St. Louis, 176;
returns to New York and Boston in October, 1845, 176;
writes his “Memory of Washington,” 176;
plays for the blind in New York, 178;
rejoins his family in Europe, 188;
concerts in Paris in 1846, 189;
gives banquet at Bordeaux, 191;
in Toulouse, Lyons, and Marseilles, 191;
tour in Algiers in 1847, 193;
tour in Spain, 194;
composes “La Verbena de San Juan,” 194;
returns to Paris, 196;
to Norway again, 198;
works to found a National Theatre, 198;
plays at festival in aid of the Theatre, 206;
composes his “Saeterbesög,” 206;
troubles with the police in Bergen, 207;
visits Prussia, 213;
sails again for America in January, 1852, 213;
invited to give concert in Washington, 214;
buys land for Norwegian colony, 221;
tour to the West and South, 222;
goes to California via Panama, 224;
finds that the title to his Pennsylvania lands is fraudulent, 225;
prostrated with fever in Illinois, 227;
his lawsuits with the swindlers, 228;
visits Mrs. Child, 230;
returns to Norway in 1857, 235;
at the German baths, 237;
in Vienna and Pesth, 238;
spends a summer at Carlsbad, 239;
returns to Norway, and buys Valestrand, 239;
tour in Finland in 1860, 243;
in England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1861–62, 243;
death of his wife, 243;
breaks a rib at Godesberg, 244;
plans a Norse Music Academy, 245;
death of his son Thorvald, 248;
concerts in Germany, Poland, and Russia, in 1863–67, 248;
his interest in political events, 252;
composes “The Nightingale,” 252;
to America again in November, 1867, 253;
in steamboat collision on the Ohio, 254;
at the Peace Jubilee in Boston in 1869, 254;
to Norway in April, 1870, 255;
his second marriage, 257;
return to the United States, 257;
his improvements of the piano, 257;
spends summer of 1872 in Norway, 261;
builds house at Lysö, 261;
winter in the South of France, 261;
concerts in Florence, 261;
visits the North of Norway, 264;
celebrates his birthday in 1876 on the Pyramid of Cheops, 266;
returns to the United States, 270;
concerts in Boston, 271;
in New York, 276, 279;
to Norway in 1877, 280;
spends winter on the Continent, 280;
the next summer in Norway, 284;
his life at Lysö, 285;
return to the United States in the fall of 1878, 291;
writes the “Violin Notes,” 292;
summer of 1879 in Norway, 296;
return to the United States and residence at Cambridge, 299;
celebration of his 70th birthday, 299, 301;
concerts in spring of 1880, 305;
sails for Europe in June, 305;
his arrival at Lysö, 311;
his death, 314;
the funeral services, 315;
address of Björnstjerne Björnson, 317;
of Edward Grieg, 323;
of Mr. Bendixen, 324;
the last tribute of the peasants, 324.
Oscar, King, 297.
Paganini: his “Caprices,” 21;
in Paris in 1831, 48;
criticised by Jules Janin, 72;
meets Ole Bull, 92;
his playing, 157, 294;
Ole Bull compared with, 72, 192, 195.
Panama, Ole Bull sick at, 224.
Paris, Ole Bull at, 41, 71, 88, 92, 111, 119, 189, 196.
Patti, Adelina, 222.
Paulsen, Ole Bull’s first teacher, 10, 20, 102.
Pesth, concerts at, 111, 238.
Philadelphia, Ole Bull at, 152, 178, 216, 225.
Pianoforte, Ole Bull’s improvements in, 257.
Ploug, Carl, 248.
Poniatowsky, Prince, 61, 63, 261.
Prague, concerts at, 129.