No single American could personify what Henry Luce called the American Century.
He would go on to make music on five continents, records in formats from 78 rpm to digital, and f.
As America came of age, so too did Stern.
Russian-Jewish parents brought him to San Francisco at ten months; practice and talent got him to Carnegie Hall, critical acclaim, and the attention of the legendary impresario Sol Hurok at twenty-five.
But over his eighty-one years, Isaac Stern came closer than most.
No single American could personify what Henry Luce called the American Century