# Jan Koert

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**Jan Hendrik (Jan) Koert** (6 November 1853, in [Rotterdam](/source/Rotterdam) – 2 February 1911, in [Atlantic City](/source/Atlantic_City)) was a Dutch-born musician, a leading solo [violinist](/source/Violin) of his day in America, and [concertmaster](/source/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](/source/Benjamin_Bilse) Orchestra of [Ostend](/source/Ostend) as second concertmaster.[2] After moving to Paris, he briefly joined the [Anton Rubinstein](/source/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](/source/Theodore_Thomas_Orchestra) of Chicago. The following year, he married [Moritz Moszkowski](/source/Moritz_Moszkowski)'s cousin, Polish pianist and soprano [Selma Kronold](/source/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](/source/Walter_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](/source/Antonin_Dvorak),[1] and playing second violin with [Adolph Brodsky](/source/Adolph_Brodsky) of the Brodsky String Quartet.[6] Between 1894 and 1898, he joined the [New York Symphony Orchestra](/source/New_York_Symphony_Orchestra), and from 1900 to 1908 the violin section of the [Philadelphia Orchestra](/source/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

1. ["Jan Koert"](http://www.stokowski.org/Philadelphia_Orchestra_Musicians.htm#Jan_Koert). *Stokowski.org*. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

1. [*Musical Courier, Volumes 151-152*](https://books.google.com/books?id=1xw9AAAAMAAJ&q=Bilse). New York. 1955. p. 34. [OCLC 243913475](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/243913475). Retrieved 8 December 2014.

1. ["Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150924170159/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2588813248.html). *HighBeam Research*. Cengage Learning. Archived from [the original](http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2588813248.html) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

1. ["Kronold Leaves Opera To Live Near Convent"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/10/03/100475760.pdf). *The New York Times*. October 3, 1904. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

1. ["Jan Koert Dead"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/02/04/104777604.pdf). *The New York Times*. February 4, 1911. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

1. ["Adolph Brodsky"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/11/12/109269311.pdf). *The New York Times*. November 12, 1893. Retrieved 8 December 2014.

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