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...There was another, however, who had already started for the place. This was Nicholas Longworth, 14 years younger than Mr. Madden, but co-equal with him in 18 years' service in the House; a man, who like Thomas Jefferson and Charles G. Dawes, was an amateur at the violin; who, on a trip to the Philippines with the Taft Commission in 1903, wooed and won a woman; he, who afterwards overshadowed his career by becoming the son-in-law of a President-he too desired the Speakership. The campaign was fast and furious, yet quite different from an electoral...
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and orchestra in A minor...
Ravel: "Rsigaur" Rhapsody for Violin and orchestra...
Born in Vienna, in 1875, he began to play the violin as soon as he was strong enough to hold one to his chin.* He disliked practicing. When he was ten, however, he won first prize in the Conservatoire at Vienna; at 12, the Prix de Rome at the Paris Conservatoire; at 14, he toured the U. S. with Moritz Rosenthal, was hailed as a "wonder-child." He returned to Austria for required general military service, returned to Austria again to sterner service...
...Violin, Violincello, and Pianoforte Tri in B major Op. S (revised edition...