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Pedro II. In the same year Blanck re- 

 turned to Europe and took part in a musi- 

 cal festival at the palace of the King 

 of Saxony. Later he embarked for the 

 United States where he was appointed 

 Professor of the Piano in the College of 

 Music in New York. 



In 1882 Blanck visited Cuba and gave 

 several concerts which were crowned with 

 success, and in the following year returned 

 to Havana where he settled and in 1885 

 established a Conservatory of Music. 



In 1896 he was imprisoned for belonging 

 to the Revolutionary Committee of Ha- 

 vana, and soon afterwards, on the order of 

 General Weyler, expelled from the coun- 

 try. On his return after the defeat of Spain, 

 he reopened the Conservatory of Music, 

 which he had founded in 1885, giving it 

 the title Conservatorio Nacional to signify 

 that it was the center of musical education 

 in Cuba. 



Hubert de Blanck is not only a pianist 

 but also a composer, and has had an in- 

 fluence in both fields upon the develop- 

 ment of music in Cuba. 



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