Word: violins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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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...
...Crimson Network will present on Wednesday night the second American performance of the Violin Concerto of Arnold Bax, contemporary British composer. Records of the concerto, which was played for the first time in the United States over WQXR on February 14, were obtained by special permission from the British Broadcasting Company...
...months ago, the office atmosphere around KSL was tense and strained. One producer was finding the violin's E string unbearably harsh. Another was continually having arguments with the sound engineer. One station employe kept beefing about the sound effects. Mr. Gates examined the hearing of the entire staff...
After victory over the enemy, my violin will sound as if new, and I hope to thank you again . . . with my art in the triumphal days...
...past year her stories have been entertaining Bostonians, so well that at times they drew as many as 300 responses, a considerable number of them from grownups. Sample story ingredients: a milk bottle, a violin, and a rake; a jockey, some snow, and a duck. Next week: an egg, a towel, and a light-all about an egg that almost cracks under the strain of modern living...