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1 online resource (xxi, 233 pages) : illustrations, music. |
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text file |
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polychrome |
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California studies in 20th-century music ; 25
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California studies in 20th-century music ; 25.
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| Note |
Translated by Viktória Kusz and Brian McLean |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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 Hungarian musical life. Fleeing a political smear campaign that sought to implicate him in intellectual collaboration with fascism, he reached American shores without a job or a home. Based on a range of previously unavailable material, A Wayfaring Stranger presents the final period in Dohnányi's exceptional career and reexamines commonly held beliefs about the composer and his unique musical oeuvre. Offering insights into his life as a teacher, pianist, and composer, the book also considers the difficulties of émigré life, the political charges made against him, and the compositional and aesthetic dilemmas faced by a conservative artist. To this rich biographical account, the author adds detailed analyses of Dohnányi's late works-in most cases the first to appear in musicological literature. This corrective history provides never-before-seen photographs of the musician's life in the United States and skillfully illustrates Dohnányi's impact on European and American music and the culture of the time"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
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Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960.
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Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960. |
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Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Expatriate composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Expatriate composers. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Composers -- Hungary -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Hungary. |
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Hungarians -- United States -- Biography.
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Hungarians. |
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Kusz, Viktória, translator.
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McLean, Brian, 1944- translator.
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| Added Title |
Dohnányi amerikai évei. English (Kusz and McLean) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019112934
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| Other Form: |
Print version Kusz, Veronika, 1980- A wayfaring stranger Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520301832 (DLC) 2019024378 (OCoLC)1111637746 |
| ISBN |
0520972260 electronic book |
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9780520972261 electronic book |
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9780520301832 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
10.1525/9780520972261 |
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