Jascha Heifetz: Early Years in Russia

Index

455 Page numbers in italics refer to figures. Abaza, Yuliya Fyodorovna (née Stubbe), 249 Abell, Arthur M., 162, 180–185, 181n4, 192, 224, 226, 297 Achron, Abram (Yudel), 241 Achron, Isidor Yulyevich, 290, 300, 309, 319, 361; background and training of, 120, 241; concerts in St. Petersburg with Heifetz, 310, 312, 315, 364; concerts outside St. Petersburg with Heifetz, 241, 257, 260, 264–265, 316, 329, 331, 333–335, 373–377, 379 Achron, Joseph Yulyevich, 335, 375; Auer student, 57, 105, 108, 110, 241; background of, 241; compositions of, 312, 315–316, 322, 334, 372; Society for Jewish Folk Music, 243–244, 315 Adams, Avon Franklin, 389 Adams, John “Jack” Trevor, 388, 389 Agranovsky, Genrikh, xiii, 16, 41 Agus, Ayke, xii, xvii Aisberg, Ilya Semyonovich, 315 Alchevsky, Ivan Alekseevich, 346 Alexander I (emperor), 13 Alexander II (emperor), 101 Alexander Edward Christian Frederick, Prince Royal. See Olav, Prince Aleksei Mikhailovich (tsar), 13 Aleksei Nikolaevich (tsarevich), 369 Aleksei Petrovich (tsarevich), 42 Alexandra Fyodorovna (empress), 2, 363 Alexandra Yosifovna, Grand Duchess, 85 Amiradzhibi family, 338, 342 Andreev, Leonid Nikolaevich, 54 Andreev, Vasily Vasilyevich, 244 An-sky, S. (Shloyme Zanvi Rappoport), 229 Antakalnis (Antokol), 14, 82, 83, 84, 154 Applebaum, Samuel and Sada, xi Arensky, Anton Stepanovich, 198, 199 Arkhangelsky, Aleksandr Andreevich, 115 Artsybushev, Nikolai Vasilyevich, 266 INDEX 456 Index Aslanov (Aslanian), Alexander Petrovich, 77, 78, 85, 321 Auer, Leopold Semyonovich, xi, 162, 169, 280; accepting Ruvin as a student, 61–62, 113; arrangements and compositions by, 69, 105; biographical details of, 102; bow to Heifetz, 217–218; class and method of, 18, 28, 58, 106, 116, 268–269; compares Heifetz and Seidel, 353–354; concerts and tours of, 32–33, 44–45, 69, 77, 117, 124, 178, 190, 226–227, 240, 241, 332, 337, 347; Heifetz German tours, 131–132, 179, 183, 184, 186, 190; Heifetzes turned away by, 50, 56–57, 73; home life of, 106–107; influence on Heifetz, 309, 346; Kreisler on, 219; opinions on repertoire and performance, 29, 34, 38, 64, 118, 132, 133, 228, 268, 269, 325–326; salary of, 105; Spalding and Benoist welcomed by, 210–212; student recollections of, 108–113; student repertoire selection, 361; students of, 27, 57, 73, 81, 84, 93, 116, 127, 198, 205, 209, 215, 228, 237, 307, 358–359, 378; students’ reading habits, 269; summer classes of, 221, 224, 225, 272, 279, 281, 290, 291, 317, 350–351; Tchaikovsky Concerto edition by, 117, 330–331; teaching Heifetz, 121, 124, 129, 131, 135, 268, 314, 319, 325, 348; Violin Competition, 116, 209; wartime in Germany, 295–297, 300; work record of, 103–105 Auer, Maria Lvovna, 106 Auer, Nadezhda Lvovna, 106 Auer, Nadezhda Yevgenyevna, 106 Auer, Natalya Lvovna, 106 Auer, Wanda. See Bogutska-Stein, Wanda Auer, Zoya Lvovna, 106, 106n6 Aulin, Tor, 227, 312 Averyanova, Irina Nikolaevna, xiii Avksentyev, Nikolai Dmitrievich, 383 Axelrod, Herbert R., xi Axelrod, Lev, xiii Baal-Makhshoves (Israel Isidor Elyashev), 346 Babel, Isaac Emmanuilovich, 92–93 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Heifetz and Seidel perform Concerto for two violins, 224–225, 354; Heifetz performs Aria, 117, 126, 127, 188, 214, 216, 217; Heifetz performs Chaconne, 132, 133, 135, 180, 193, 345, 348; Heifetz performs Sicilienne , 190; Heifetz performs solo works, 292, 365; wartime removal from programs , 300 Bakaleinikov, Vladimir Romanovich, 359 Bake, Otto, 180 Bakk, Yosif, 335 Bakst, Lev Samoilovich, 293 Balakirev, Mily Alekseevich, 249 Balmont, Konstantin Dmitrievich, 373 Baltz, G. S., 218–219, 260 Bang, Maia, 350 Baraukh, 9 Barbier, Luisa, 40 Barcewicz, Stanisław, 238 Barinova, Maria Nikolaevna, 120 Bartók, Béla, 252 Bay, Emanuel Shliomovich, 64, 65, 69, 72, 120, 125, 133, 247, 309, 328 Bay, Shlioma, 64 Bazzini, Antonio: Heifetz performs Ronde des Lutins, 117, 125, 193, 214, 240, 345 Bechstein-Saal (Berlin), 178–180, 182–183, 190 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 64, 74, 251, 257, 300, 312, 344, 361; Heifetz performs Chorus of Dervishes and Turkish March, 355, 373, 377, 394, 401; Heifetz performs Concerto, 117, 236, 238, 379, 384; Heifetz performs music of, 360, 401; Heifetz performs Romance in F, 361; Heifetz performs Romance in G, 226, 230, 240, 457 Index 253, 256; as inspiration for Heifetz, 42, 60, 196; performances of music by, 32, 67, 69, 105, 106, 200, 207, 228, 232, 237, 267, 323, 332 Beethoven-Saal (Berlin), 178, 191, 193 Bekhterev, Vladimir Mikhailovich, 233 Bely, Andrei, 343 Belyaev, Viktor Mikhailovich, 347 Benditsky, A., 348 Benois, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 293 Benoist, Albert Spalding, xvii Benoist, André, xi, 265; Carnegie Hall...