A wayfaring stranger : Ernst von Dohnányi's American years, 1949-1960 / Veronika Kusz.
"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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| Other title: | Dohnányi amerikai évei. English (Kusz and McLean) |
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| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | California studies in 20th-century music ;
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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