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Celebrated violinists, past and present; ("The Strad" library), 1897
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1XVII.—HANS SITT.
3BOHEMIA, the land of Music, is the home of this artist. He was born on the 21st September, 1850, at Prague, where his father, Anton Sitt, was well known as a maker of violins. At the Prague Conservatorium Hans Sitt laid the foundation of his musical career. While still a small boy he aroused immense enthusiasm by playing a violin concerto by the now almost forgotten composer, Pixis, at a concert in one of the theatres of his native place. But notwithstanding this pronounced success he was not permitted to adopt the baneful career of a youthful prodigy or "Wunderkind." He continued his studies for some years under Bennewitz, Mildner, Kittl and Krejci, but while still quite
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