Word: dushkin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...shepherd and a shepherdess who grew up together and loved inevitably. Violinist Efrem Zimbalist wrote it. Conductor Leopold Stokowski played it first in Philadelphia. In Manhattan next day he put it on the same program with Stravinsky's new violin concerto, a superficial showpiece on which Violinist Samuel Dushkin has the purchased monopoly, also given its U. S. premiere last week, by the Boston Symphony. Few great virtuosi have written important music, particularly for instruments not their own. (Notable exception is Pianist Serge Rachmaninoff who has written extensively for both orchestra and voice.) Most of them cannot forget their...