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Horowitz, Vladimir (sh) and awful 1, adjective (oh)


Horowitz, Vladimir (sh)




born Oct. 1, 1903, Berdichev, Russia
died Nov. 5, 1989, New York, N.Y., U.S.

Russian pianist.

He attended the Kiev Conservatory and made his debut in 1921. His stunning technique gained him a large international reputation, and he became an inveterate touring performer, giving 100 concerts a year in the U.S. alone. In 1933 he married Arturo Toscanini's daughter, Wanda. Always susceptible to nervous strain, in 1953 he decided to quit public performance; his return to the concert stage in 1965 was attended by great publicity. He favoured the works of Romantics such as Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin, Franz Liszt, and his friend Sergey Rachmaninoff. He continued to perform into his 80s.


awful 1, adjective (oh)



very bad or unpleasant
-synonym terrible terrible
::The weather was awful.
::He is a pretty awful driver.
::That fridge smells awful.
::The last six months have been awful for her.
::I've stopped believing most of what he says. Isn't that awful?
::I'm sure Suzy is dead but the awful thing is not knowing how it happened.
[only before noun] spoken used to emphasize how much or how good, bad etc something is
:: An awful lot of people (=a large number of people) died in the war.
::He made me feel an awful fool.
look/feel awful
to look or feel ill
::She's lost a lot of weight and she looks awful.
literary making you feel great respect or fear
-- awfulness n [U]