I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for… - Jascha Heifetz

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I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.

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Jascha Heifetz (2 February 1901 – 10 December 1987) was a Lithuanian-born American violinist.

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