A Wayfaring Stranger: Ernst Von Dohn疣yi's American Years, 1949-1960 Volume 25 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520301832)

On March 10, 1948, world-renowned composer and pianist Ernst von Dohn nyi (1877-1960) embarked for the United States, leaving Europe for good. Only a few years earlier, the seventy-year-old Hungarian had been a triumphant, internationally admired musician 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. A Wayfaring Stranger presents the final period in Dohn nyi's exceptional career and uses a range of previously unavailable material to reexamine commonly held beliefs about the musician and his unique oeuvre. Offering insights into his life as a teacher, pianist, and composer, the book also considers the difficulties of migr life, the political charges made against him, and the compositional and aesthetic dilemmas faced by a conservative artist. To this rich biographical account, Veronika Kusz adds an in-depth examination of Dohn nyi's late works--in most cases the first analyses 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 Dohn nyi's impact on European and American music and the culture of the time.

Author: Veronika Kusz
ISBN-10: 0520301838
ISBN-13: 9780520301832
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2020
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.90d