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Born January 20, 1891 • Ukraine
Died April 5, 1967 (aged 76) • New York City • New York

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Isaac Stern, 1966.
Isaac Stern
American violinist
Heifetz, Jascha
Jascha Heifetz
American musician
Milstein, Nathan
Nathan Milstein
American violinist
John Creach
American musician
Skaggs, Ricky
Ricky Skaggs
American musician
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn
American musician
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American musician
Menuhin.
Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d’Abernon
American violinist and conductor
Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
American musician
Maud Powell
American violinist
Bob Wills
American musician
Easley Blackwood, Jr.
American composer
Lorin Maazel
American conductor
Camilla Urso
American musician
Fritz Kreisler
American violinist
Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli-American violinist
Roy Acuff.
Roy Acuff
American musician
Leopold Auer
Hungarian violinist
Ricci, Ruggiero
Ruggiero Ricci
American violinist
Spalding, Albert
Albert Spalding
American musician