Jascha Heifetz

Biography

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

on teaching. The New York Times called him "perhaps the greatest violinist

of all time."

Heifetz played a featured role in the movie They Shall Have

Music (1939) directed by Archie Mayo and written by John Howard Lawson and

Irmgard von Cube. He played himself, stepping in to save a music school...