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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency half tiger, half poet.
Source: The Compleat Violinist, 1986.
-- Gian Carlo Menotti, (Jul 7 1911-2007), Italian composer; His realistic operas on his own librettos represent a successful combination of 20th-century dramatic situations with the traditional Italian opera.