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Jascha Heifetz: Passion in His Playing

One can hear the passion in Heifetz' violin playing, even if his stance was impassive.

04/16/2015 | Rating TV-PG

American Masters

Jascha Heifetz: Passion in His Playing

Clip: 4/16/2015 | 2m 51s

One can hear the passion in Heifetz' violin playing, even if his stance was impassive.

Jascha Heifetz, a child prodigy violin player, was taught to present himself passively to better focus attention on the music. This does not mean the music played by one of the world's greatest violinists didn't resonate with passion, as experts and fellow musicians attest to in this excerpt from American Masters - Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler. Watch archival footage of Heifetz playing.

04/16/2015 | Rating TV-PG

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