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mtrait drafted inU tie Auzlrsfti aiyriy. and fooghiVwffis rt throni^ioBt'ttie-war. After tht cessation ocf ltot*tiii:, ties, fa ntends* to -wua *. iammt at the school, fat he foundti being ’eSM back into* 'uniform. to 'tV fight against Hungary. The short t'.period -of poet war skirmishes #wM - . ed with the, formation of Geecho-1■■ -■ A1 Slovakia.The records of the Prague mu- i r“J? sic conservatory are replete great musiciafiS of history. Stu- 1 dent* from fH,over the FgorlS have .,j ’■ mastered the art. i\’ musfc there. ■ ■■* i Linhart said that while he attended clasies, even Audrallla aM Japan t wjjj’ were represented at the institution. t jcs. | Ernil Vandrfts violinist with Wayne | *n jKing, John Weicher. concert mas- ,lt;he lfJ j ter of the Chicago Symphony or- ^pott os ■ rhestrn, and Jarmiia Novotna are n- ] a few of tile school’s recent stud | gfa en 1 cats. AH time greats From the ; map of I Prague onservatory are Kubelik, i Tt ed ( violinist, and Dvorak, the vonv-'edS at! poser, CliflMngtMeets Wife To lie Fwi portin 1921, Linhart was offered a ’ T1 position with the concert orchestra j Was to play at the King National Opera j Unli House in Laibach, Jugo-Sfovakia.; by 1 He accepted the position and pi^yt ! £■ ’ ed’ there until 1923. Like piany j Mar other Europeans, Linhart decided |sn r to come to America, the -Fabulous ; -s land of opportunity. Fate took a r**~ hand in his decision, for the same year another emigrant embarked j. for the U.S.A. Doth immigrants n{ came to Chicago, and they met at a j0|TJconcert. Mutual interents resultedmetin friendship and eventually into ,-av [ love, followed by marriage. The t{,e ev' j couple, Mr. und Mrs. Frank Lin- ■ f, 8 hart, made their home in Chicago the JjJJJ j until 1930, when they decided to disc move to Brookfield. ! wasLai twc ed -Coi NaLinhart obtained employment j with a concert orchestra, which j entertained at the leading Chicago; \theatres. One member of th orchestra was later to become'famous as the leader of a dance band.He was Frankie Masters. When the orchestra performed at the ( Stratford theatre, Linhart became Cul acquainted with - the struggling. ®ee young master-of- ceremonies at the t ce? show. The young man interspersed his dialogue with frequent singing j ;‘J,; in a new style, caHed crooning, i ” J The public eventually did recognize as the talent of the young man. The j T joke telling singer was none other ‘ ..jy than Bing Crosby. 1 rc,Organizes Orchestra j ^When the Linharts moved to TJ1220Brookfield, Frank -Formed his own orchestra. The venture was success- ”V ful until the depression of the thir-ties forced him to dissolve, the ^ . band. Linhart went to work as a tw | silk spotter in a cleaning establish- jnJ ment. The urge to re-enter the field of music became stronger ..and n; stronger, so Linhart resurrected wi his flute and started up another th ,jq orchestra. J’hc unit won snstantan- pi u£ns eous success among the Slavic peo-. fii j. ' pies in the Chicago area. Their W success culminated in an offer from tf the directors of station WHFC for th the Linhart aggregation to serve jf as the studio staff orchestra in lt;5‘ 1942. A continuing chain of uc-, claim resulted in ever increasing J’f demands for the band’s entertain- T ment, until now it is one of the i most popular in the vicinity. | rjLinhart thinks Tschaikowsky is ti the greatest composer of all time. I ir He said,—‘‘Tsdiirikowaky’s—works w are international in character. No- j -body has been ever able to' capture j the moods and temperment of individual nations and put them into music like he has. He is truly the musica.l ■ spokesman of all peoples of the world.” ILinhart, hinisel-F, attempts to keep his music in an international vein, not only through his interpretations, but by thlt;* selection of , members for his orchestra. In ad- j diiion to Ljnhart, three others are Bohemian, two are Polish, one is German, and the other is a Bus- j iiun. jMr. Linhart is primarily a lover , of classical music. He is skeptical | of the merits of jazz, swing and boogie-woogie music. He said, my ' wife wanted me to write and play | popular music because she thinks there is a chance to make more money at it. I just can’t do it.”, Mr. Linhart gets the urge to write music at spasmodic intervals.; ‘‘Sometimes I go for weeks with- ' out getting # single idea. Other j times I just start in making up lt;tunes for days at a stretch. I guess it’s just the spirit that I’m
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Brookfield Magnet
Brookfield, Illinois, US
Thu, Dec 04, 1947
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