Word: virtuoso
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...recognition is three fold. Mr. Grasse is a composer of genuine melodic power, and has already produced a number of original works. He was considered by Grieg to be one of the most promising of American composers. He is also the first blind man to become a violin virtuoso, and is ranked by Eugene Ysaye among the foremost violinists of our time. Mr. Grasse is furthermore a pianist with a beautiful touch and a highly developed skill. Grasse's compositions and playing have received the warmest approval from audiences both in Germany and in this country. Let us therefore...
...Division of Music has also arranged for a concert by Mr. Edwin Grasse, of New York, composer and violin virtuoso, to be given in the New Lecture Hall on Wednesday evening, November 13, at 8.15 o'clock. This concert will be open to the public, but seats will be reserved for officers and students of the University and Radcliffe College until 8 o'clock...