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Price: $675.00 |
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NEAR MINT CONDITION |
ERNÖ DOHNÁNYI - PIANIST - COMPOSER |
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Autographed and inscribed 6.5” x 9” autographed and inscribed Pal Vjada photograph of the legendary pianist and composer. Dohnányi was twice a musical grandson of Franz Liszt through his teachers István Thoman and Eugen D’Abert. He studied composition as well as pianoforte at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest. While a student, in 1896, he received the Hungarian Millennium Prize for his Symphony in F Major. He made his first concert appearance in Berlin in 1897, shortly followed by his London debut the following year playing Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto. He then toured the U.S. for a number of years playing highly successful concerts and recitals. Dohnányi upon his return was made a Professor at the Berlin Hochschule where he stayed from 1908 to 1915. He moved back to Budapest in 1915 to teach at his alma mater, the Royal Academy there and became it’s Director in 1919. The same year, he was appointed Chief Conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1928, he took on the responsibility of Chairman of the piano department at the Royal Academy and in 1931, he was made Music Director of Hungarian Radio. In 1934 was appointed Director of the Royal Academy once again! Needless to say, he was a busy man. With the Nazi’s taking control of the Hungarian infrastructure, he resigned his post as Director in 1941 and in 1944 resigned his post as Chief Conductor. Both of his sons were executed by the Nazis, one for an attempt on Hitler’s life. There were rumors he had used his position to control several prominent liberal musicians such as Bartok, however, he was backed by several prominent Jewish musicians in 1945 and was exonerated of any wrong doing during the War. By 1947, he was back on tour in England with the dream of reaching the United States. He finally did so in 1949, where he became composer-in-residence at Florida State University. Dohnányi’s influence among the great Hungarian pianists of the next following generations was profound. His students included; Mischa Levitszky, Annie Fischer, György Cziffra, Andor Foldes, Sir Georg Solti, Géza Anda, Imre Ungar and others. His breadth of composition was tremendous including 4 Operas, 3 Symphonies, 2 Violin Concerti, 2 Piano Concerti and another work for Piano and Orchestra based upon Nursery Rhymes, Symphonic Suites, vocal, chamber and piano works. His Konzertstük for Cello, op 12 has recently received much attention and has been recorded several times. Rightly so, it is a masterful work! Dohnányi was one of the most important piano pedagogues of the 20th Century with a list of prominent pupils which rival virtually any other great teacher of his period. |
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