Word: virtuoso
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Violin Virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin, 33, pressing his luck in uncertain transatlantic flying weather, arrived in London's jam-packed Albert Hall on a time schedule thinner than an E string. Delayed two days in New York by fog and engine trouble, one day in Shannon, Ireland by fog, he found London closed in by weather, was landed 75 miles away and driven by car to the concert hall. In street clothes, he panted onto the platform an hour and a half late, played two concertos without rehearsal. The crowd of 6,000 cheered him for ten minutes. Said Menuhin...
...Royal Favor. Franck was born a Belgian. Like Mozart, he was the victim of a pushing father who insisted that the "exceptional boy" bring fame & fortune to the family by becoming a virtuoso pianist. When young Cesar began to teach, Franck pere drew up a table showing the exact time it should take Cesar to get from pupil to pupil, then back home again to his practice. When the young man insisted on composing as well as performing, father Franck brashly had Cesar dedicate his first published music to King Leopold I, hoping for Belgian royal favor. None came...