Jascha Heifetz

Person · Open Library

Born

1901

Died

1987

Works

12

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Film & TV

Acting · Vilnius, Lithuania

From Wikipedia Jascha Heifetz (/ˈhaɪfɪts/; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 – December 10, 1987) was a Lithuanian-born American violinist. He was born in Vilnius. As a teen, he moved with his family to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He had a long and successful performing and recording career; after an injury to his right (bowing) arm, he focused…

Known for

• Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler — Self (Archival footage)2011
• The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past — Self (archive footage)1993
• Rubinstein: In Performance — Self1977
• Great Performances — Self1971
• Jascha Heifetz Master Classes — Self1962
• Of Men and Music — Self1951
• Carnegie Hall — Jascha Heifetz1947
• They Shall Have Music — Himself1939
• Arthur Rubinstein — Self

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1901

Active to

1987

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

59,618

Total plays

594,047

Jascha Heifetz (2 February 1901 – 10 December 1987) was a violinist widely regarded as the greatest violinist of the 20th Century. Heifetz made his first commercial recording on 7 November 1917. Throughout his career, he continued to record, almost always for RCA Victor. He had an immaculate technique and expressive vibrato. From time to time, his near-perfect technique and conservative stage demeanor caused some to accuse him of being overly mechanical, even cold. <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Leadership Without Easy Answers

   · 1994 · cited 1,512x

2. Digital Finance and FinTech: current research and future research directions

   · 2017 · cited 1,037x

3. Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly

   · 2022 · cited 813x

4. Molecules on Insulating Films: Scanning-Tunneling Microscopy Imaging of Individual Molecular Orbitals

   · 2005 · cited 797x

5. Gravity Probe B: Final Results of a Space Experiment to Test General Relativity

   · 2011 · cited 752x

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Quotes

• “He once told a reporter he wanted his obituary to be short - "just make it born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917".”
• “My two favorite dishes. I never get enough. Of course, both must be the best.”

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Key facts

Born

( 1901-02-02 ) February 2, 1901, Vilna , Russian Empire

Died

December 10, 1987 (1987-12-10) (aged 86), Los Angeles , California, U.S.

Occupation

Violinist

Spouses

Florence Vidor ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. August 1928</span>"}]]}'>1928 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. December 1945</span>"}]]}'>1945 ) ​ Frances Spiegelberg ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. January 1947</span>"}]]}'>1947 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. January 1963</span>"}]]}'>1963 ) ​

Website

Official website

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