A Wayfaring Stranger : Ernst von Dohnányi's American Years, 1949-1960 /

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On March 10, 1948, world-renowned composer and pianist Ernst von Dohnányi (1877−1960) embarked for the United States, leaving Europe for good. Only a few years earlier, the seventy-year-old Hungarian had been a triumphant, internationally admired musician and leading figure in Hungarian musical life...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kusz, Veronika (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Colección:California Studies in 20th-Century Music ; 25
Temas:
Composers > Hungary > Biography.
Expatriate composers > United States > Biography.
Hungarians > United States > Biography.
MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician.
aesthetic dilemmas.
american shores.
commonly held beliefs.
composer.
conservative artist.
emigre life.
ernst von dohnanyi.
europe.
hungarian musical life.
hungarian.
intellectual collaboration with facism.
internationally admired musician.
late works.
music culture.
musicological literature.
pianist.
political charges.
political smear campaign.
teacher.
unique oeuvre.
united states.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • List of Music Examples
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. From the "Ramparts" of Hungarian Music to Emigration: Dohnányi's Career
  • 2. Life as an Émigré: The American Period
  • 3. Representative Works: Stabat Mater and American Rhapsody
  • 4. Independent Compositions: Works for Piano and Flute
  • 5. Two Concertos, Two Stories
  • Epilogue: Spontaneity, Flexibility, Adaptation
  • Appendix 1. Timeline of Dohnányi's Life in the United States
  • Appendix 2. Main Specifications of Dohnányi's American Works
  • Appendix 3. Dohnányi's Concerts in the United States
  • Appendix 4. Dohnányi's Concert Repertoire in the United States
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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