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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454875203321

Autore

Dohnányi Ilona von <1909-1988.>

Titolo

Ernst von Dohnányi [[electronic resource] ] : a song of life / / by Ilona von Dohnányi ; edited by James A. Grymes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-06286-7

9786612062865

0-253-10928-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrymesJames A

Disciplina

780/.92

B

Soggetti

Composers - Hungary

Pianists - Hungary

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes list of works: p. [235]-244.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE 1877...1894; ONE 1894...1897; TWO 1897...1905; THREE 1905...1919; FOUR 1919...1936; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIVE 1937...1944; SIX 1944...1946; SEVEN 1946...1948; EIGHT 1948...1949; NINE 1949...1953; EPILOGUE 1954...1960; APPENDICES; Appendix A. Selected Correspondence; Appendix B. Dohnányi's Lectures at Ohio University; Appendix C. Selected Articles; Appendix D. Works List; INDEX; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

""... a rare kind of biography and autobiography: a clear and elegant                exposition of fact, as well as a humane portrait of a great piano virtuoso,                composer, teacher, and democratic soul, as told to and seen through the eyes of one                close to him."" -- Mark MitchellErnst von Dohnányi                (1877--1960) was one of the most highly respected musicians of his time. The young                Dohnányi enjoyed an international prestige that brought him into contact with such                19th-century masters as Johannes Brahms and Eugà ̈ne