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Last week when Efrem Zimbalist appeared in Manhattan for the first time in two years, he played some of his own work, a G Minor sonata for violin and piano, a suite by Joseph Achron. Then he played the Glazunov Concerto in A Minor...
Made mindful of the past by this loud and lovely music, learned listeners recalled that it had been played in Manhattan for the first time 17 years ago. And that the violinist 17 years ago had been Zimbalist, then making his debut and playing the concerto as he still does more beautifully than any one else has ever played...
...Efrem Zimbalist, violinist husband of Singer Alma Gluck, had a reunion last week with his favorite violin-a rare 18th century Cremona, made by famed Guadagnini, worth some $25,000. The instrument was stolen a year ago from Mr. Zimbalist's dressing room in a Los Angeles concert hall. The thief was captured when he tried to sell his distinguished booty in Chicago. After being shipped to Los Angeles to be used as evidence, the violin was addressed to Mr. Zimbalist in Australia. It missed him there and missed him in Tokyo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Calcutta, Bombay, etc., Chicago...
...Efrem Zimbalist, famed violinist, sat at the piano while a perky little person stood beside him playing the violin. They played a short concerto; then the little fellow took the applause while the great violinist stood in the background...
...little fellow was Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 9; he was playing his fiddle at the Prize Day exercises at the Bovée School and his father was accompanying him with great good nature. Part of the applause came from Mrs. Zimbalist, who is really famed Singer Alma Gluck. Also in the audience was Ruvin Heifetz, father to famed Violinist Jascha Heifetz and violin master to small Efrem. Questioned about his son, Efrem Zimbalist said: "He ought to be good...