Word: wunderkind
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fondled Wunderkind, he sat in the Empress Maria Theresa's lap, was petted by Madame de Pompadour, spent hours playing private concerts for England's demented music-loving George III. But chronic improvidence and a generous nature gradually brought him into a tangle of debts and grinding responsibilities...
...first thing to consider is make-up. This issue, like its predecessors, attains perfection in this respect. The cover, except for the Pegasus that has replaced the Phoenix, looks like the real McCoy. There is a brief resume of the contents and a startling picture of the latest "Wunderkind", to whom the feature article is devoted...
...when he played Beethoven's D Major Sonata he showed increased technical skill, broader and warmer tone, more mature style. Even more amazing was the manner in which he accomplished a hazardous Bach sonata unaccompanied. His audience cheered loudly and many who had transferred his title of "greatest wunderkind" to the startling and even younger violinist Ruggiero Ricci (TIME, Dec. 9) at once restored it to Yehudi. Prophets foresaw a Menuhin-Ricci dispute which would stir such arguments as are currently waged over the relative merits of Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz...