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This first, authorized biography of one of the 20th century's greatest violinists chronicles the life of Michael Rabin from his young boyhood to his premature death at the age of 35. By his teen years in the 1950s, he had already joined the ranks of violin greats and he was being compared to Heifetz, Milstein, Stern, and Francescatti. Lovingly detailed, rich in music history and drama, this biography documents the many forces that shaped Rabin's extraordinary life and career, from his meteoric rise to his surprising decline. Feinstein charts Rabin's many artistic successes, as well as his struggles to make the transition from wunderkind to adult virtuoso, and sheds light on the true reasons for his fall from grace, debunking the many rumors that surrounded him during that time. Feinstein also clarifies the facts relating to Rabin's sudden death. What emerges is a unique profile of a prodiginous talent and a tragic life. Hardcover. REVIEW: Anthony Feinstein chronicles in his meticulous, sympathetic and altogether admirable biography... that the young genius had frailties aplenty, and his downfall was little short of spectacular....It is a ghastly story, and it has been told sorrowfully but unflinchingly....The book has sent me back to my Rabinrecords, to marvel once more at his Olympian technical command, his unerring pitch, his sweetly lustrous tone and his matchless charm.--Tim Page, Washington Post Book World
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MICHAEL RABIN: AMERICA'S VIRTUOSO VIOLINIST
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This first, authorized biography of one of the 20th century's greatest violinists chronicles the life of Michael Rabin from his young boyhood to his premature death at the age of 35. By his teen years in the 1950s, he had already joined the ranks of violi