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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kusz, Veronika, 1980- (Author)
Other Authors: Kusz, Viktória (Translator), McLean, Brian, 1944- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Series:California studies in 20th-century music ; 25.
Subjects:
Dohnányi, Ernő, > 1877-1960.
Dohnányi, Ernő, > 1877-1960 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dohnányi, Ernő, > 1877-1960
Expatriate composers > United States > Biography.
Composers > Hungary > Biography.
Hungarians > United States > Biography.
Compositeurs expatriés > États-Unis > Biographies.
Compositeurs > Hongrie > Biographies.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
Composers
Expatriate composers
Hungarians
Hungary
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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