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050	0	0	_aML418.S75 _bA3 1999
082	1		_a92 STE _2
100	1		_aStern, Isaac _d(1920 - 2001)
245	1	0	_aMy first 79 years _c/ Isaac Stern written with Chaim Potok
246	3		_aMy first seventy nine years
260			_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 1999
300			_a317 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aFor sixty-four years, Isaac Stern has been a great - and greatly loved - performing artist, famous for his profound music-making, his gusto for life, his passionate dedication to sharing his knowledge and wisdom with younger musicians, and his determination in a good cause(Stern is, after all, The Man Who Saved Carnegie Hall). Indeed, there is no more revered musician in the world than Isaac Stern, revered not only as a great violinist but as a warm and generous personality and as a crucial figure and spokesperson in the world of the arts. Brought to America from Russia when he was ten months old, Stern grew up in San Francisco and was quickly recognized as an extraordinary talent. He began performing publicly while still very young, and was soon touring across the country and around the world. His fame escalated when he led the fight to save Carnegie Hall, and again when he was the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary film From Mao to Mozart. In this book he shares with us both his personal and his artistic experiences: the story of his rise to eminence; his feelings about music and the violin; his rich emotional life; his great friendships and collaborations with colleagues such as Leonard Bernstein and Pablo Casals; his background as an ardent supporter of Israel; his ideas and beliefs about art, life, love, and the world we live in. At seventy-nine, Stern's mind, his wit, and his spirit are as strong as ever, and they are conveyed to us in the most sympathetic and articulate way by Chaim Potok. The two men spent a year talking and sharing their perceptions, and the result is a book in which Stern's voice comes through with complete conviction and persuasiveness. The man on the page is the musician and humanitarian we have loved and admired for so long.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aStern, Isaac _d(1920 - 2001)
650		4	_aViolinist _z-United States _v--Biography
700	1		_aPotok, Chaim
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