Word: milstein
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jascha Heifetz has long been widely regarded as the greatest Auer pupil. He has long been closely trailed, in the opinion of most critics, by dark, solemn, boyish-looking Nathan Milstein, 38. So self-effacing and publicity-shy is Nathan Milstein that, despite 13 years of U.S. touring, few people except violin enthusiasts know who he is. Last week, after a crowded recital in Carnegie Hall, critics as usual gave him the highest salutes...
...late George Gershwin was represented by his self-portrait posed before his easel in top hat, white tie and tails. Nathan Milstein, top-rank violinist, revealed himself as a minor master in watercolor. Rumbologist Xavier Cugat sketched himself standing before invisible bongo drums...
...Bruch: Concerto in G Minor for Violin and Orchestra (New York Philharmonic-Symphony, John Barbirolli conducting, with Nathan Milstein; Columbia; 6 sides). One part fireworks, two parts schmaltz, no intellectual bitters, well shaken by a brilliant fiddler and guaranteed to warm the spirits of any fiddle...