Heifetz

American  

[hahy-fits] / ˈhaɪ fɪts /

noun

1. Jascha 1901–1987, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.

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Heifetz British  

/ ˈhaɪfɪts /

noun

1. Jascha (ˈjæʃə). 1901–87, US violinist, born in Russia

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Example Sentences

Of a Major League Baseball player she had a relationship with, she brags that he might say, “How was she in the sack are you kidding me she was Heifetz. She was Toscanini, she had my penis doing the Anvil Chorus from ‘Trovatore.’”

From The Wall Street Journal

Sinatra famously studied jazz and popular singers like Crosby and Billie Holiday and musicians like Tommy Dorsey as a young man, but also classical virtuosos like Jascha Heifetz.

From The Wall Street Journal

“All I want is to play music, and the crisis I’m having is right here,” Nathaniel said, pointing to the missing strings and calling out the names of Itzhak Perlman and Jascha Heifetz, as if the renowned violinists might hear his plea and send along the strings.

From Los Angeles Times

For six decades, beginning with his undergraduate years at USC — where he attracted the attention of Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and the odd rock ‘n’ roll musician about town — Tilson Thomas has been a joy-making key figure in American music.

From Los Angeles Times

As the management guru Ronald Heifetz put it brilliantly: “What people resist is not change per se, but loss.”

From Slate