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Jascha

American  
[yah-shuh] / ˈjɑ ʃə /

noun

  1. a male given name, Russian form of Jacob or James.


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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 ● Oct. 20, 2025

Jascha Heifetz, here in a 1933 portrait, toured Israel in April 1953.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

That sentiment was echoed by Jascha Franklin-Hodge, chief of streets for the city of Boston who previously worked in Silicon Valley.

From The Verge ● Sep. 12, 2022

Rare violins once owned by famed virtuosos like Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz and Yehudi Menuhin have sold privately in recent years for up to $20 million.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022

Jascha Heifetz tried to recollect, which was natural, seeing that it must have been one long since overcome.

From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Frederick Herman Martens

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