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'''Rafael Kubelik''' was a Czechloslovakian composer, conductor, and violinist.
'''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 looing 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.<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>
"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>
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== Additional resources ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Kubel%C3%ADk Rafael Kubelík] in Wikipedia.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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[[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]

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  1. Rukmini Devi Arundale, "Rukmini on Herself," Rukmini Devi Arundale: Birth Centenary Commemorative Volume, Shakuntala Ramani, ed., (Chennai, India: The Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003), 32.