Jascha Heifetz

Active

1920s - 1970s

Musical Period

20th Century

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Jim Hoyl
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Jascha Heifetz

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Heifetz was the leading figure among Russian Jews who dominated violin playing in the second and third quarters of the 20th century.
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Sea Murmurs, arrangement for violin & piano (after Castelnuovo-Tedesco's "Arise" from Shakespeare Songs, Op. 24) 1932 01:51 Chamber Music
Sarabande, arrangement for violin & piano (after Bach's English Suite No. 3) 1933 03:44 Chamber Music
Selections (5) from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, arrangement for violin & piano 1944 11:34 Chamber Music
Hora staccato (after Grigoras Dinicu) 02:27 Miscellaneous (Classical) Chamber Music
Larghetto, arrangement for violin & piano (after Vivaldi's Double Concerto in B flat majro, RV 547) 04:03 Chamber Music
La Chevelure, arrangement for violin & piano (after Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis) 1945 02:35 Chamber Music
It's Peaceful Here, arrangement for violin & piano (after Rachmaninov's song, Op. 21/7) 1965 01:47 Chamber Music
La Oracion del Torero, arrangement for violin & piano (after Turina's Op. 34) 1933 06:51 Chamber Music
Rondo, arrangement for violin & piano (after Weber's Violin Sonata, Op. 10/3) 1933 02:50 Chamber Music
It Ain't Necessarily So, arrangement for violin & piano (after Gershwin's Porgy & Bess) 1944 02:40 Chamber Music
Deep River, arrangement of spiritual for violin & piano 1938 02:31 Chamber Music
Beau Soir, arrangement for violin & piano (after Debussy) 1933 02:23 Chamber Music
March, arrangement for violin & piano (after Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges") 1937 01:37 Chamber Music
Sevilla, arrangement for violin & piano (after No. 3 of Albéniz's Suite española, Op. 47) 1930 04:07 Chamber Music
Nocturne, arrangement for violin & piano (after Chopin's Op. 55/2) 1943 04:34 Chamber Music
Lilacs, arrangement for violin & piano (after Rachmaninov) 03:49 Chamber Music
Melody, arrangement for violin & piano (after Rachmaninov's Op. 21/9) 1956 03:02 Chamber Music
Contemplation, transcription of violin & piano (after Brahm's song "Wie Melodien") 1933 02:23 Chamber Music
Sweet Remembrance, arrangement for violin & piano (after Mendelssohn's Song without Words, Op. 19/1) 1945 02:45 Chamber Music
Alt Wien (Wienerisch), arrangement for violin & piano (after Godowsky) 1939 02:49 Chamber Music
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