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100 1 $aFeinstein, A.$q(Anthony),$d1956-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98803058
245 10 $aMichael Rabin :$bAmerica's virtuoso violinist /$cby Anthony Feinstein.
260 $aPompton Plains, N.J. :$bAmadeus Press,$c2005.
300 $a248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-240) and index.
520 1 $a"In 1943, at age seven, Michael Rabin picked up a violin for the very first time. Within six months, the child had an astonishing and masterful command of the instrument, outstripping the teaching ability of his father, who sat first chair violin with the New York Philharmonic. By age fifteen, the young Rabin had recorded for Columbia Records, was the youngest soloist yet to be featured on NBC's Bell Telephone Hour, and had had his Carnegie Hall debut, with Isaac Stern in attendance. He was well on his way to sitting in the pantheon of violin prodigies alongside such greats as Stern, Heifetz, Francescatti, Milstein, Menuhin, and even Paganini himself." "Rabin's auspicious career beginning ushered in more than a decade of brilliant performing and recording successes that earned him accolades from his peers, worldwide audiences, and the most respected critics in classical music. He would tour the world over many times throughout the 1950s and 1960s, even venturing behind the Iron Curtain." "But hours upon hours of rigorous practice, incessant touring, a truncated schooling, and overbearing parental control took their toll on the fragile artist, leaving the young Rabin beset with anxiety and stage phobia and dependent on barbiturates. Tragically, four months shy of his thirty-sixth birthday, Michael Rabin died suddenly under circumstances that until now have been shrouded in mystery." "In a brief moment in time, Michael Rabin left an indelible impression on the world of classical music. His few recordings survive on the Columbia, EMI, and Angel labels, and he holds the distinction of recording, at age twenty-two, all the Paganini caprices, in the process setting the standard by which subsequent violinists would be judged."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aRabin, Michael,$d1936-1972.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91009506
650 0 $aViolinists$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010117943
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip059/2005007925.html
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