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Yehudi Menuhin est un violoniste et chef d'orchestre américain, né le 22 avril 1916 à New York et mort le 12 mars 1999 à Berlin. Il est un enfant prodige, se produisant dès 1927 à Paris avec l'Orchestre Lamoureux et à New York au Carnegie Hall. Il est considéré comme l'un des plus grands violonistes du XXe siècle. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. avril 1916 – 12. mars 1999
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“In playing Beethoven the violinist should be a medium. There is little that is personal or that can be reduced to ingratiating sounds, pleasing slides and so on. Everything is dictated by the significance, the weight, structure and direction of the notes and passages themselves.”

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In p. 78
Life class: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinist

“Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous.”

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Source: Jamesh A. Leit, George Whalley Symboles Dans la Vie Et Dans L'art http://books.google.co.in/books?id=pRZEKhofl_gC&pg=PA29, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1987, p. 29

“Homeopathy is the safest and more reliable approach to ailments and has withstood the assaults of established medical practice for over 100 years.”

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Source: Monica Troughton Magical menopause: Relief and remedies for the symptoms of menopause http://books.google.co.in/books?id=wu84AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA89, Infinite Ideas, 24 January 2007, p. 89

“The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.”

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Source: The compleat violinist: thoughts, exercises, reflections of an itinerant violinist http://books.google.co.in/books?id=qC0xAQAAIAAJ, Summit Books, 1 April 1986, p. 95

“To be an outstanding musician, you have to be very attentive to the smallest detail and willing to have infinite patience in the pursuit of your ideal.”

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“When I was a boy no one seemed to ask where the energies come from. Land, oil, coal, air seemed inexhaustible. Now we are realizing how our very life depends upon restoring not only our balance with nature, but also that balance within ourselves. We are depleting our reserves of spirit, health, courage and faith at an alarming rate. The quiet practice of yoga is, in its humble yet effective way, an antidote.”

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Source: Sushama Londhe in “A Tribute to Hinduism: Thoughts and Wisdom Spanning Continents and Time about India and Her Culture”, p. 341

“I imagine that whatever contribution I can make to teaching derives from having had to rethink and re-create my technique.”

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“I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.”

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Quoted in: Dream It. List It. Do It!: How to Live a Bigger & Bolder Life, from the Life List Experts at 43Things.com http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_PBV0WJr9vsC&pg=PA98, Workman Publishing, 25 December 2008, p. 98

“As well as campaigning for human rights, Menuhin was a keen yoga practitioner and health food enthusiast, warning against the dangers of white rice, white bread and red meat. He also spoke of the dangers of pollution long before environmentalism became a buzz word.”

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1999: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies

“Menuhin felt a close kinship with Stern, who also was born of Russian immigrants.”

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Violinist and Visionary Yehudi Menuhin Dies at 82

“There is… no definitive interpretation for him but the search for repose, for a place where music, far from any pretension, vibrates naturally, where it can breathe more than show off.”

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Eric Taver in: About Yehudi Menuhin http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/yehudi-menuhin/about-yehudi-menuhin/661/, Public Broadcasting Service Organization, 28 October 2006