Jascha Heifetz: Passion in His Playing
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- One can hear the passion in Heifetz' violin playing, even if his stance was impassive.
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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.
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My grandfather, a violinist who met Heifeitz and watched him play, responded to such criticism concerning 'cold playing' by saying "Heifetz needn't smile as he plays, for a blind man could tell that the world is alight when that man draws his bow." What my grandfather really meant was that Heifetz may not have smiled outwardly to those watching, but through his music and the beautiful sound he produced came a happiness and expression of joy that no musician has, or ever will, recreate. What we owe Heifetz is a limitless debt of gratitude, as will our children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and all who proceed them.
Absolutely right. Jascha Heifetz is "God's Fidler".
Breathtaking. There will never be another like Heifetz
I hope not
Totally agree!
He had a beautiful soul. You could hear it in his playing.
Thank you Mr. Heifetz
He's the pinnacle of humanity.
One should look at the bow arm, not funny faces. That is the most expressive bow arm I've ever seen. And that sound, it gives me goosebumps.
My favorite, forever.
Zero showing-off = Total Music.
I definitely see emotion on his face while he was playing. I think it was when he wasn't playing that he seemed lifeless and cold.
Heifetz has divine powers.
Great video
Thank you 🙏🏾
"I practiced like a devil"
Heifetz told to his student
If I am to watch and not only listen to violin playing, I prefer when a violinist's body movements and facial expressions are not distracting the attention from the music. I think whoever criticized Mr. Heifetz for looking too cold or reserved completely missed the point.
They're not 'missing the point' at all; they're simply making another one. Get the point?
Only tone deaf people like BS body rocking.
I agree. You’re exactly right!
the god of violin !
Heifetz. ❤️
HE İS NOT HUMAN, HE İS ANGEL
I was 16, Mr. Phillabaum made sure we all saw this...
When I was a kid, I thought Heifetz sounded more like a technician than a musician. However I'd never seen him play before, and it was before RUclips. As I got older I completely changed my perception, and he's now one of my favourite violinists (I know I was wrong before). But my point is, maybe it's not his appearance that leads people to think he's cold. Maybe his style of playing doesn't connect to some, or he's an acquired taste.
Anyone who thinks Heifetz is cold is completely dead inside.
Fritz Kreisler, another violin virtuoso of the twentieth century, said after hearing Heifetz's debut at Carnegie Hall, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees."
Wow!
Heifetz stands for musical perfection?
Other fiddle players can attain the precision (and perhaps even surpass it) but that unique sound?
violinhunter2 Violinists* and NO one is near Heifetz level.
Who can surpass his precision? Idiot, you have no idea what you talk about! You have Zero knowledge about the violin art!
Listen to HH playing bach. You will hear equal precision, but you will not hear Heifetz.
And who wants an imitation of a master? I marvel at how different they can all sound, but still they are all perfect.
Про музыку. Баха говорят, что в ней есть баланс между эмоциональным и рациональным. Хейфиц безусловно созредоточен. Я думаю виртуозная игра на инструменте предполагает полную концентрацию внимания. 🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌
He is God himself
I dont think Heifetz was an American master was he?
SpaghettiToaster no, he was Russian but he moved to America when he was 16 and stayed
Spaghe
He was very proud of being an American, was very patriotic! More than you are!
Lithuanian
@@wombat5628 He wasn't American.
His not a God ,his not an angel,his not human
He is just Ling Ling him self
Heifitz always plays pieces without emotion and way to fast.
esto que dices es una herejía
Benjamin Frueh, you are brilliant !
No, not always. Only sometimes
? I wonder U cannot play any instrument!
Another moron.
Heifetz is overrated indeed. It is NOT THE FACT that he doesn't smile while playing. It is the way he plays. No smart rubatos, no dynamics, just trying to achieve fast passages without difficulties, and that's it. Trills and vibrato is static also...
No dynamics? Seriously? What a fucking idiot.
Moron!
It's hard to ignore the statement of a clueless fool.