Sinopsis

Theodor Leschetizky was born in Poland at the Castle of Lancut, near
Lemberg, June 22, 1830. His father, a Bohemian by birth, held the position
of music-master to the family of Potocka. His mother, Theresa von
Ullmann, was a Pole.
The Potocki had luxurious tastes. They were cultivated people, who cared
for beautiful things, and were rich enough to have them. The Castle itself, a
fine old building, stood in the middle of a large park, surrounded by trees
and plenty of open land; it contained a picture-gallery and a private
theatre. This was the home in which Leschetizky ed his childhood,
seeing life as a delightful thing, full of grace and ease, which might have
been quite pe...