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'''Rafael Kubelik''' was a | '''Rafael Kubelik''' was a Czechoslovakian composer, conductor, and violinist. | ||
[[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] wrote of meeting [[Rafael Kubelik]]: | [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] wrote of meeting [[Rafael Kubelik]]: | ||
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"Once when we went from Australia to New Zealand, Kubelik the famous violinist, was travelling on the boat. Everybody was dancing but he was standing in a corner and | "Once when we went from Australia to New Zealand, Kubelik the famous violinist, was travelling on the boat. Everybody was dancing but he was standing in a corner and looking at me fixedly. Finally he summoned up the courage to come over and ask me to dance with him! I told him I did not know how to dance and asked, "Do you?" He said "No." So I said, "Then it's no use trying." His wife was a member of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society]] and they had both been to [[Adyar (campus)|Adyar]]. For such a well known artiste he was strangely childlike.<ref>Rukmini Devi Arundale, "Rukmini on Herself," Rukmini Devi Arundale: Birth Centenary Commemorative Volume, Shakuntala Ramani, ed., (Chennai, India: The Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003), 32.</ref> | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
== Additional resources == | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Kubel%C3%ADk Rafael Kubelík] in Wikipedia. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
[[Category:Musicians|Kubelik]] | [[Category:Musicians|Kubelik]] | ||
[[Category:Composers|Kubelik]] | |||
[[Category:Nationality Swiss|Kubelik]] | [[Category:Nationality Swiss|Kubelik]] | ||
[[Category:Nationality Czech|Kubelik]] | [[Category:Nationality Czech|Kubelik]] | ||
[[Category:People|Kubelik]] | [[Category:People|Kubelik]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:15, 13 February 2018
Rafael Kubelik was a Czechoslovakian composer, conductor, and violinist. Rukmini Devi Arundale wrote of meeting Rafael Kubelik:
"Once when we went from Australia to New Zealand, Kubelik the famous violinist, was travelling on the boat. Everybody was dancing but he was standing in a corner and looking at me fixedly. Finally he summoned up the courage to come over and ask me to dance with him! I told him I did not know how to dance and asked, "Do you?" He said "No." So I said, "Then it's no use trying." His wife was a member of the Theosophical Society and they had both been to Adyar. For such a well known artiste he was strangely childlike.[1]
Additional resources
- Rafael Kubelík in Wikipedia.
Notes
- ↑ Rukmini Devi Arundale, "Rukmini on Herself," Rukmini Devi Arundale: Birth Centenary Commemorative Volume, Shakuntala Ramani, ed., (Chennai, India: The Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003), 32.