Word: rubinstein
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fifty-two years ago, a young pianist played his company best for the critical ears of a celebrated violinist. When he had finished, the violinist patted him on the shoulder, said: "You have talent. Work hard and you will go far." Pianist Artur Rubinstein was then six; his critic, Bronislaw Hubermann, was twelve...
Nonetheless, the picture has a certain documentary interest. In it, posterity may see how many of today's most prominent musicians-some good, some not so good -look and act at close range, under weirdly confused, commercial circumstances. These artists include Damrosch, Heifetz, Pinza, Pons, Rodzinski, Rubinstein, Stokowski...
...home-front scoundrel of World War II, the day of reckoning had arrived. He was the highfalutinest of U.S. draft-dodgers, Serge Rubinstein, 38, who made several millions as a wartime Wall Street adventurer (TIME, May 6, 1946). In Manhattan's federal court last week, fat, shifty-eyed Serge Rubinstein was found guilty of giving his draft board false information about 1) his dependents and 2) his essentiality to some of the 17 oil and aviation companies he controlled. His sentence: 2½ years in jail, plus a $50,000 fine. If he behaved himself, Rubinstein would be eligible...
Before the war her old-fashioned apartment (sometimes called la boulangerie) in Montmartre was a musical rendezvous of Paris. There, with the framed visages of Liszt, Rubinstein, Beethoven and Stravinsky staring from the walls, students gathered every night to talk, listen, play and, on occasion, eat. The two pianos and pipe organ in the apartment were seldom silent...
Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F Minor (Artur Rubinstein, with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg conducting; Victor, 7 sides). Chopin, never at his ease in large, rigid forms, played superbly by Rubinstein, always at his best in Chopin. Performance: excellent...