Article: Great masters of the violin: from Corelli and Vivaldi to Stern, Zukerman, and Perlman.

YEHUDI MENUHIN himself has declared of Boris Schwarz: "There can be no more qualified commentator on the violinist, his soul, his character, his interpretation, and his lifestyle." What is the nature of the authority imputed to Mr. Schwarz by so eminent a musician, as it manifests itself in this book?

WE do not enter the twentieth century, in this history of the violinist's art, until page 279. Until that point, the voice is that of a scholar. Boris Schwarz was a professor of music at Queens College of the City University of New York for 35 years, and the author of Music and Musical Life in Soviet Russia, 1917-1970, and French Instrumental Music between the ...

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