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Ysaye

American  
[ee-za-ee] / i zaˈi /

noun

  1. Eugène 1858–1931, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor.


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In this short program, there was room for one of the Bach partitas, or even one of the Ysaye sonatas that Murray recorded in 2012.

From Washington Post Nov. 12, 2018

The multi-sensory concert will present an eclectic range of musical stylings, including Ysaye Barnwell’s “We Are” and “Wanting Memories,” Aaron Copland’s “The Promise of Living,” and John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “In My Life.”

From Washington Post Nov. 13, 2015

The singers will perform the world premiere of a newly commissioned choral work by Jim Papoulis and works by Ysaye M. Barnwell, Tom Benjamin, Pepper Choplin, Clif Hardin and others.

From Washington Post Mar. 28, 2014

In 1937, he won first prize in the Concours Eugene Ysaye, Belgium's international violin competition, later was awarded a first-class Stalin Prize.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ysaye himself has an almost marvelous right-arm and fingerboard control, which enables him to produce at will the finest and most subtle tonal nuances in all bowings.

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

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