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- Entered from New York Times article ("Bohemians Honor Huss," July 4, 1915, pg. 11); stated time is approximate.
John Huss (Anglicized spelling of Jan Hus) was a Czech religious philosopher and reformer, considered a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church. He was excommunicated in 1411 and burned at the stake on July 6, 1415. Huss was considered a key figure in the Protestant movement, whose teachings influenced European religious thinking in general and Martin Luther in particular. According to the article, the orchestra for this event was composed of "members of the New York and Boston Philharmonic Clubs and the symphony orchestras of both cities;" it performed unnamed selections from Bohemian operas.
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