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Mischa Elman
Mischa Elman , 1891-1967, Russian-American violinist, b. Kiev. He studied in St. Petersburg with Leopold Auer, and first gained prominence in Berlin at the age of 13. After his American debut in New York City (1908) he toured throughout the world, receiving great acclaim everywhere. He became a U.S.... Read more
Leopold Auer
Leopold Auer , 1845-1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher, studied at the conservatories of Budapest and Vienna and with Joseph Joachim in Hanover. He taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1868-1917. Among his pupils were Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz, and Nathan Milstein. In 1918 he came to the... Read more

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Mischa Elman
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , 1891-1967, Russian-American violinist, b. Kiev. He studied in St. Petersburg with Leopold Auer, and first gained prominence in Berlin at the age of 13. After his American debut in New York City (1908) he toured throughout the world, receiving great acclaim everywhere. He became a U.S. citizen in Read more
Leopold Auer
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Vienna and with Joseph Joachim in Hanover. He taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, 1868-1917. Among his pupils were Mischa Elman, Jascha Heifetz, and Nathan Milstein. In 1918 he came to the United States, where he taught at the Institute of Musical... Read more

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Elman, Mischa
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Elman, Mischa ( b Talnoye, Russia, 1891; d NY, 1967). Russ.-Amer. violinist (Amer. cit. 1923). Child prodigy. Professional début St Petersburg... Read more

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Wild about Earl.(Earl Wild)
Magazine article from: National Review; 12/31/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Egon Petri, who in turn had been a student of Busoni. To review Wild's biography is to touch history. He played with Mischa Elman, a violinist who now seems almost as distant as Paganini. He played in the NBC Orchestra under Toscanini. He pioneered... Read more
A Century of Recorded Music.(Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Gaisberg for his intrepid recording of Caruso in a Milan hotel room in 1902 and for recording Chaliapin, John McCormack, Mischa Elman, Kreisler, Schnabel and Casals, not to mention two great recordings made just before World War II, the Dvorak Cello... Read more