TY - BOOK AU - Burton,Humphrey TI - Yehudi Menuhin: a life SN - 1555534651 AV - ML418.M27 B87 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Northeastern University Press KW - Menuhin, Yehudi, KW - Violinists KW - Biography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-532) and index; Childhood 1916-1930; -- Origins; -- The Prodigy; -- 'Keep your eyes on the stars'; -- Swiss Family Menuhin; -- Youth 1931-1941; -- Jeunesse doree; -- The World Tour; -- Escape from Paradise; -- Midsummer Marriages; -- Coming of Age 1941-1956; -- Menuhin at War--'I have come to know my American brother'; -- The Uneasy Peace; -- Life with Diana; -- Discovery of India; -- The Sage of Highgate 1956-1968; -- Moving to Europe; -- The Impresario; -- Interlude--by Diana Menuhin 'A Day in the Life of Yehudi Moshevitch'; -- The School--Utopia in Stoke d'Abernon; -- 'I was born old, and have been growing younger ever since' 1969-1999; -- Confrontations and Collaborations; -- Maestro Menuhin; -- Final Years N2 - Describes how Menuhin, the highest paid artist in the pre-war era, became a devotee of yoga, formed associations with Indian musician Ravi Sankar, developed a second career as a conductor, and created an international school that bears his name ER -