Jan KubelIk, Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biographies

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Jan KubelIk[yAn kOO´bulik] Pronunciation Key, 1880–1940, Czech violinist. KubelIk studied with Otakar sevcik at the Prague Conservatory. He made his debut in Vienna in 1898 and was thereafter internationally acclaimed for his great virtuosity and dramatic power. He first appeared in the United States in 1901. His son, Rafael KubelIk, 1914–96, b. BYchory (now in the Czech Republic), was conductor of the Chicago Symphony (1950–53) and later director of the Covent Garden Opera in London; he also composed the opera Veronika (1947), as well as symphonic and instrumental works.