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Menuhin - A Life (Paperback, Main)
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Since 2000, when this biography was first published, Menuhin's name
has not faded from public attention, as often happens in the
decades after the death of a popular performing artist. Far from
it: the centenary of his birth, April 22, 1916, is being marked by
celebrations around the world. Yehudi Menuhin was born in New York
of Russian Jewish immigrants. Prodigiously gifted, the 'Miracle
Boy' gave his first solo recital aged eight and within five years
was world-famous. Menuhin was a visionary individualist, who didn't
mind shocking the establishment. His post-war support for the
conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, and his determination to build
bridges with the defeated German nation, brought him into sharp
conflict with the Jewish establishment and DPs in Berlin. Later he
spoke out against apartheid in South Africa and denounced the
Soviet Union's oppressive policy towards writers and dissidents.
Drawing on contemporary sources, unpublished family correspondence
and radio interviews, Burton creates a compelling portrait of an
extraordinary human being - one of the best-loved classical
musicians of the twentieth century.
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