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Menuhin

[ men-yoo-in ]

noun

  1. Ye·hu·di [y, uh, -, hoo, -dee], 1916–1999, British violinist, born in U.S.


Menuhin

/ ˈmɛnjʊɪn /

noun

  1. MenuhinYehudi, Baron19161999MBritishUSMUSIC: violinist Yehudi (jɛˈhuːdɪ), Baron. 1916–99, British classical and jazz violinist, born in the US
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Cather was so taken with Menuhin that she wanted to dedicate her next novel, “Shadows on the Rock,” to him and his siblings.

Land listened to recordings of violinist Yehudi Menuhin as she did the lettering on his plaque.

As a model they also looked to Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli’s classical-meets-jazz collaborations, Feinstein said, in which Menuhin’s parts were precisely notated while Grappelli’s left room for improvisation.

After first picking up the violin at 4, Benedetti swapped the picturesque Ayrshire village of West Kilbride in Scotland for the “extreme environment” of the Yehudi Menuhin music school in Surrey, England, five years later.

During EMI Studios' early years, the facility developed a reputation for classical recordings from the likes of Yehudi Menuhin and Pablo Casals.

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