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A wayfaring stranger Ernst von Dohnányi's American years, 1949-1960

"On March 10, 1948, world-renowned composer and pianist Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) embarked for the Americas, leaving Europe for good. The Hungarian musician was seventy years old, and only a few years earlier he had been a triumphant, internationally admired pianist and leading figure in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kusz, Veronika, 1980- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Kusz, Viktória (Traductor), McLean, Brian, 1944- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Colección:California studies in 20th-century music ; 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • From the "ramparts" of Hungarian music to emigration : Dohnányi's career
  • Life as an émigré : the American period
  • Representative works : Stabat Mater and American rhapsody
  • Independent compositions : works for piano and flute
  • 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