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JAN KUBELIK (188o– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 935 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAN KUBELIK (188o– )  , Bohemian violinist, was born near Prague, of humble parentage . He learnt the
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violin from childhood, and appeared in public at Prague in 1888, subsequently being trained at the Conservatorium by the famous teacher Ottakar Sevcik . From him he learnt an extraordinary technique, and from 1898 onwards his genius was acclaimed at concerts throughout
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Europe . He first appeared in
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London in 1900, and in
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America in 1901, creating a furore everywhere . In 1903 he married the Countess Czaky Szell .

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