Jan Koert
Jan Hendrik (Jan) Koert (6 November 1853, in Rotterdam – 2 February 1911, in Atlantic City) was a Dutch-born musician, a leading solo violinist of his day in America, and concertmaster for some of the world's greatest orchestras.
Life and career[]
Koert was born in Rotterdam, where he studied the violin. There, in the beginning of the 1880s,[1] he joined the Bilse Orchestra of Ostend as second concertmaster.[2] After moving to Paris, he briefly joined the Anton Rubinstein Quintet with which he toured Europe.[1] In June 1889,[1] he moved to the United States where he played with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra of Chicago. The following year, he married Moritz Moszkowski's cousin, Polish pianist and soprano Selma Kronold (1861-1921),[3] but divorced her after ten years of married life due to their conflicting careers.[4]
Koert also played with the Seidl and Damrosch Orchestras of New York.[5] In 1892, he began studying at the National Conservatory of Music in New York, which at the time was directed by Antonin Dvorak,[1] and playing second violin with Adolph Brodsky of the Brodsky String Quartet.[6] Between 1894-1898, he joined the New York Symphony Orchestra, and from 1900-1908 the violin section of the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he became second concertmaster in his second season, and principal viola for the remaining six seasons.[1] He died in Atlantic City on 2 February 1911.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Jan Koert". Stokowski.org. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Musical Courier, Volumes 151-152. New York. 1955. p. 34. OCLC 243913475. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages". HighBeam Research. Cengage Learning. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Kronold Leaves Opera To Live Near Convent" (PDF). The New York Times. October 3, 1904. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Jan Koert Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Adolph Brodsky" (PDF). The New York Times. November 12, 1893. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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