Serenade to Ole Bull

“Toward the morning hour of last night, Ole Bull, the celebrated violinist, was honored at his residence, No. 93 Fifth-ave., by a serenade from 12 members of the 71st Regiment Band, under the direction of the scarcely less distinguished Herr Schrieber, so long known as among the first of solo performers on the cornet piston, but more recently presented to the world in a prominent manner as the inventor of the improved pattern of Count Rossini, E. Corning. [Central section very difficult to read; parts illegible and left out here.]…Ole Bull addressed them a few words, and said there was a beautiful yet sorrowful legend of the Rhine, wherein it is related that the music which is so often heard upon its banks attracts the passer-by, and is so impressive by its perfection that the man or woman who may come within its influence is irresistibly forced to sing beneath the waters never to arise.”