Heifetz as I Knew Him
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- Heifetz as I Knew Him
- Author
- Ayke Agus
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Amadeus Press
- Place
- Portland, Oregon
- Year
- 2001
- Extent
- 262 pages
- ISBN
- 157467062X
- Language
- English
- Type
- Biography / performance history
- Subject
- Jascha Heifetz
SCOPE & CONTENT
Heifetz as I Knew Him is a substantial biographical source on Jascha Heifetz. First-hand account by Heifetz’s accompanist, assistant and confidante during his final fifteen years; especially valuable for pedagogy, rehearsal practice, transcriptions, standards of ensemble playing and the personality behind the public image. The dossier treats the book not merely as a life narrative but as evidence for performance history, professional networks, repertory, institutions and reception where those elements are present in the source.
RESEARCH VALUE
Its principal research value is the combination of biographical chronology with evidence about Jascha Heifetz’s artistic work. First-person memoirs and near-contemporary accounts are identified as testimony rather than neutral fact, while later scholarly biographies are useful for checking chronology, correspondence, recordings and received anecdotes against documentary evidence.
BIOGRAPHICAL SCOPE
First-hand account by Heifetz’s accompanist, assistant and confidante during his final fifteen years; especially valuable for pedagogy, rehearsal practice, transcriptions, standards of ensemble playing and the personality behind the public image.
RESEARCH USE
This curated record improves retrieval by title, author and subject name, and preserves edition-specific bibliographic information where it can be established safely. The physical document is never renamed or overwritten by this enrichment layer.
- Catalogue completeness
- 8 / 10 core bibliographic fields