Word: violiniste
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...implored and cursed in Italian. He sang a troublesome passage for the orchestra in his croaky voice. When the chorus mumbled, he said sharply, in Italianized English that was hard to understand: "Let me hear the words. There is not a word that has no meaning." For an erring violinist, he indulged his own brand of humor: "If you play that wrong Saturday night, I will drop dead. Then they will put you in jail for murdering me." Muttered one perspiring observer: "They will all drop dead before the Old Man does...
...change of date is the result of a shoulder injury suffered by Josef Roismann, first violinist, in an auto accident on a recent mid-west trip...
Beethoven: Concerto in D Major (Josef Szigeti, violinist, with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter conducting; Columbia, 10 sides). The second time Szigeti and Walter have teamed up in Beethoven's only violin concerto, again with happy results. Recording: good...
Next day, at his own insistence, 31-year-old Jewish Violinist Menuhin faced 2,000 Jews at Dueppel Center. This time he left his fiddle at home. Yes, he had played for the Germans. "I have played for the hard-pressed wherever and whenever I could. . . . You are truly the victims of Naziism, but the tragedy is that you have grown to be like the Nazis. . . . You make your judgments on a racial basis, and you demand that art and music be harnessed in the cause of hate. Love and not hate will heal the world...
...other news of Violinist Menuhin, see Music...