Ernst von Dohnanyi : a song of life / by Ilona von Dohnanyi ; edited by James A. Grymes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dohnányi, Ilona von, 1909-1988.

Contributor:

Grymes, James A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers--Hungary--Biography.

Composers.

Pianists--Hungary--Biography.

Pianists.

Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960.

Dohnányi, Ernő.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""... 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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-06286-7

9786612062865

0-253-10928-0

OCLC:

70754021