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Modern violin culture in America, 1916
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1YOUNGER SCHOOL—Continued.
3Before concluding with the younger school of Players, I must not forget to mention Edwin Grasse, one of the most remarkable musical talents of our time. Cruelly robbed by nature of his eyesight since birth, he has been otherwise endowed with extraordinary musical gifts. He is a solo-violinist of distinction, an astonishing pianist and a composer who has given forth no end of works in small and large form, all of which testify to his surprising grasp of every branch of the art. His compositions for violin include a large number of unpublished larger works (sonatas, a string quartet, etc.) and some of his later published solos (in shorter form) are a Song without Words, a characteristic number, In a Row Boat, and a hugely interesting Polonaise in C major.
5Grasse's musical traits are entirely modern. He writes with the freedom and fluency of a master and has solved the problems of technical possibilities on the violin as few other writers of our time have done. In addition his works all reflect the characteristics of a remarkably enthusiastic, fiery nature, imbued alike with expressive, refined and original ability of the highest order.
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