Recorded in 1905.
Jan Kubelik
A poem by Carl Sandburg
Your bow swept over a string, and a long low note quivered to the air.
(A mother of Bohemia sobs over a new child perfect learning to suck milk.)
Your bow ran fast over all the high strings fluttering and wild.
(All the girls in Bohemia are laughing on a Sunday afternoon in the hills with their lovers.)
Jan Kubelík (5 July 1880 -- 5 December 1940) was a Czech violinist and composer.
He was born in Michle (now part of Prague). His father, a gar