Word: violiniste
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...glad that Mr. Gershwin was characterized by a Gentile writer as "young Jew". Whenever American newspapers give accounts of crime they will very frequently tell you that this or that criminal is Jewish. On the other hand, whenever they describe Jewish geniuses they invariably speak of the "Russian violinist," the "German novelist," or the "French playwright." The TIME Magazine proved to be an agreeable exception in this regard...
...oldest, who was certainly a smart boy- could make music on it. George would have to learn. For some time the neighbors suffered; then they advised him to study in Europe. His first teacher died when he was still torturing Chopin's preludes. Max Rosen, famed violinist, told him he would never be a musician. When he was 15, he tried to write a song. It began decently in F, but ran off into G, where it hid behind the black keys, twiddling its fingers at Gershwin. Discouraged, he went to work as a song-plugger for a music...
Married. Mischa Elman, famed violinist, to Miss Helen F. Katten of San Francisco; in San Francisco...
Donoghue; two unremarkable Sargents; an effective landscape by a greengrocer, another by a violinist in a cinema theatre, all as definite as roast beef, all competent, all dull. There was, also, one exception...
...mother to keep up with the Joneses, she bought one also. The thing had cost a lot and it was no good unless somebody learned to play it. So the Gershwin family hired a teacher for George, then 13. Came the day when he played for Max Rosen, famed violinist. Mr. Rosen patted him kindly on the shoulder, told him that he had better learn a trade. Another musical gentleman, who had been troubled by hearing his practicing, advised him to study in Europe...