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...Jascha Herfetz, one of the world's great violin virtuosos, came off second-best at General Omar N. Bradley's little entertainment in Germany for a group of visiting Soviet generals. After Heifetz and Cinemactor Mickey Rooney had drawn polite applause, three unidentified G.I.s and three WACs went into a groovey jitterbug routine that sent the delighted Russians right out of this world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Just Deserts | 5/28/1945 | See Source »

...hear music performed by those most capable of performing it, but when this desire supersedes the wish for music itself, it into the song of mass idolatory of popular figures sponsored by Hollywood (a spirit well illusrated by a banner hanging in a mid western to a recently where Herfetz was scheduled to play. "Hcilcts and his violin...

Author: By Jonas Barish, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 9/26/1941 | See Source »

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