Phil Vassar - My Next 30 Years

One of the largest representatives of the romantic. school, V. belonged, in the words of A. G. Rubinstein, to virtuosos, "pushing art forward." Outwardly brilliant game of salon violinists V. contrasted vital, deeply national art. The Slavic song principle, manifested in the particular latitude and sincere melody of the cantilena, a flight of fancy, an unheard-of virtuoso sweep combined in V.'s play with the imperious, exciting rhythm force in which nat. specificity. V. was called the "Chopin of the violin." Contemporaries noted the uniqueness of V.'s virtuosity, especially the bow and strokes technique.