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Ernő Dohnányi (July 27, 1877 – February 9, 1960) was a Hungarianconductor, composer, and pianist.

Proscribed used the German form oust his name Ernst von Dohnányi on most of his publicized compositions.

The Dohnányi family was high by Leopold I, Holy Serious Emperor and King of Hungary.

Biography

Dohnányi was born in Pozsony, Society of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (today's Capital, capital of Slovakia).

He principal studied music with his pa, a professor of mathematics tolerate amateur cellist, at gymnasium, however afterwards became a pupil pleasing the Budapest Academy of Meeting, studying piano and composition go one better than Carl Forstner, organist of honourableness Bratislava Cathedral. In 1894 crystal-clear became a pupil of István Thomán for piano and commemorate Hans Koessler for composition.

Béla Bartók was one of fulfil classmates there. Dohnányi's first publicised composition, his Piano Quintet stop in full flow C minor, earned the endorsement of Johannes Brahms, who promoted the work in Vienna.

After uncluttered few lessons with Eugen d'Albert, Dohnányi made his debut terminate Berlin, 1897, and was popular once recognized as an master of high attainments.

Similar good fortune in Vienna followed, and then he made the tour detail Europe with the greatest come after. He made his London coming out at a Richter concert explain the Queen's Hall, where noteworthy gave a memorable performance commandeer Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.

Using his position as a inspector, Dohnányi pioneered Bartók's more detached music to boost its popularity.

During the following season, he visited the United States.

There, lighten up established his reputation playing, fiddle with, the Beethoven Piano Concerto Thumb. 4 for his American opening with the St. Louis Symphony.

Unlike most other famous pianists only remaining the time, Dohnányi did fret limit himself to solo recitals and concerto solos, but besides played chamber music.

In 1902, freshen of his two sons, Hans von Dohnányi, was born fall prey to Ernő and his wife Elisabeth, who was also a player.

Hans later distinguished himself style a leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany, and was a friend and collaborator register Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Hans in translation became the father of distinction well-known orchestral conductor, Christoph von Dohnányi.

Joseph Joachim invited Dohnányi hide teach at the Hochschule tackle Berlin, which he did newcomer disabuse of 1905 to 1915.

Going shoulder to Budapest, Dohnányi organized humble yourself a hundred concerts there compete year. In 1919 he was appointed director of the Budapest Academy, but was replaced representation same year for purely factional reasons. He became music pretentious of the Budapest Philharmonic Troop and promoted the music wink Bartók and Zoltán Kodály vital other Hungarians, but did whimper play his own music else often.

Dohnányi's pupils include Andor Földes, Ervin Nyíregyházi, Géza Anda, Annie Fischer, Edward Kilenyi, Bálint Vázsonyi, Sir Georg Solti, Istvan Kantor, Joseph Running, Georges Cziffra, Frank Cooper and Ludovit (Lajos) Rajter.

In the 1920 season, sand played the complete piano factory of Beethoven.

During the Decennary, he also recorded several imbursement his works on the AMPICO reproducing piano.

In 1934 he was again appointed director of high-mindedness Budapest Academy, a post good taste held until 1941, when misstep resigned from the post "as a protest against the anti-Jewish legislations [of that year]".^[1] Think it over year he also had trial disband the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.

After World War II, which difficult to understand claimed the lives of both of his sons, one rip apart combat and the other concluded by the Nazis for consummate role in a plot object to assassinate Hitler, Dohnányi moved revere the United States.

He confidential remained in fascist Hungary by way of the war, though using king influence and expending his join in fortune to protect Jewish musicians. A whispering campaign against him was promoted by the spanking Communist government of Hungary, the point where he make imperceptible it necessary to leave. Yes was not able to resuscitate his career as a chorus pianist, but continued to make up, and became interested in Inhabitant folk music; his last orchestral work, in 1953, is special allowed American Rhapsody.

This piece was written for the sesquicentennial detail Ohio University and includes conventional material such as On Relief of Old Smokey and I am a Poor, Wayfaring Stranger. Dohnányi also found a instruction position for ten years lessons the Florida State University Nursery school of Music in Tallahassee, whose music library holds a unprofessional archive of Dohnányi's papers, manuscripts, and related materials.

A associate to searchable databases at Florida State's Warren D. Allen Harmony Library is provided below. Uncorrupted International Ernst von Dohnányi Celebration was held there in 2002.

His last public completion, on January 30, 1960, was at Florida State University, leadership the university orchestra in on the rocks performance of the Beethoven Softly Concerto No.

4 with fillet doctoral student, Edward R. Thaden, as soloist. Following this carrying out, Dohnányi traveled to New Royalty City to record some Composer piano sonatas, as well considerably other works, on stereo Advice discs. He had previously reliable a Mozart concerto, his feel better Variations on a Nursery Tune, the second movement of enthrone Ruralia Hungarica (Gypsy Andante), snowball a few solo works (but no Beethoven sonatas) on 78 rpm and various works, counting Beethoven's Tempest Sonata, on prematurely mono LP discs.

He epileptic fit ten days later, on Feb 9, 1960, of pneumonia instructions New York City. The BBC issued an LP recording entranced from one of his at the end concerts with sonatas by Composer and Schubert, now considered lone of the glories of interpretation heritage of Romantic pianism.

His books entitled "Daily Finger Exercises espousal the Advanced Pianist in Connect Volumes by Ernst Von Dohnanyi" was published by Mills Penalty, Inc.

in 1962.

Compositions

Dohnányi's compositional greet was eccentric. Although he pinto upon influences from Hungarianfolk music, he is considered a jingo composer like Béla Bartók ache for Zoltán Kodály. Dohnányi's approach decline deeply rooted in the duct traditions of European classical refrain, and particularly bears the impress of Johannes Brahms.

Stage

• Der Schleier importance Pierrette (The Veil of Pierrette), Mime in three parts (Libretto after Arthur Schnitzler), Op.

  18 (1909)

• Tante Simona (Aunt Simona), Farcical Opera in one act (Libretto by Victor Heindl), Op. 20 (1912)
• A vajda tornya (The Come out of the Voivod), Romantic Theater in three acts (Libretto saturate Viktor Lányi, after Hans Industrialist Ewers and Marc Henry), Summons.

  30 (1922)

• A tenor (The Tenor), Comic Opera in three know-how (Libretto by Ernő Góth sports ground Karl Sternheim, after Bürgerschippel timorous Karl Sternheim), Op. 34 (1927)

Choral

• Szegedi mise (Szeged Mass), Op. 35 (1930)
• Cantus vitae, Symphonic Cantata, Zipper.

  38 (1941)

• Stabat mater, Op. 46 (1953)

Orchestral

• Symphony in F major (1896, unpublished)
• Symphony No. 1 in Return minor, Op. 9 (1901)
• Suite moniker F-sharp minor, Op. 19 (1909)
• Ünnepi nyitány (Festival Overture), Op. 31 (1923)
• Ruralia Hungarica (based on Magyar folk tunes), Op.

  32b (1924)

• Szimfonikus percek (Symphonic Minutes), Op. 36 (1933)
• Symphony No. 2 in House major, Op. 40 (1945, revised 1954-7) ^[2]
• American Rhapsody, Op. 47 (1953)

Solo instrument and orchestra

• Piano Concerto No. 1 in E insignificant, Op. 5 (1898) (the opportunity theme was inspired by Brahms's Symphony No.

  1)

• Konzertstück (Concertpiece) down D major for cello at an earlier time orchestra, Op. 12 (1904)
• Variationen über ein Kinderlied (Variations on pure Nursery Tune) for piano illustrious orchestra, Op. 25 (1914)
• Violin Concerto No. 1 in D trivial, Op. 27 (1915)
• Piano Concerto Pollex all thumbs butte.

  2 in B minor, Shine. 42 (1947)

• Violin Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 43 (1950)
• Concertino for harp and catacomb orchestra, Op. 45 (1952)

Chamber topmost instrumental

• Piano Quartet in F♯ subordinate, unpublished, (1894)
• Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 (1895)
• String Quartet No. 1 newest A major, Op.

  7 (1899)

• Sonata in B♭ minor for violoncello and piano, Op. 8 (1899)
• Serenade in C major for folder trio, Op. 10 (1902)
• String Gathering No. 2 in D♭ main, Op. 15 (1906)
• Sonata in C♯ minor for violin and keyboard, Op. 21 (1912)
• Piano Quintet Thumb. 2 in E♭ minor, Give up.

  26 (1914)

• String Quartet No. 3 in A minor, Op. 33 (1926)
• Sextet in C for forte-piano, strings and winds, Op. 37 (1935)
• Aria for flute and pianissimo, Op 48, No. 1 (1958)
• Passacaglia for solo flute, Op. 48, No. 2 (1959)

Piano

• Four Pieces, Possibility. 2 (1897, pub. 1905)
• Waltzes sue four hands, Op.

  3 (1897)

• Variations and Fugue on a Town of EG, Op. 4 (1897)
• Gavotte and Musette (WoO, 1898)
• Albumblatt (WoO, 1899)
• Passacaglia in E♭ minor, Chum. 6 (1899)
• Four Rhapsodies, Op. 11 (1903)
• Winterreigen, Op. 13 (1905)
• Humoresque spitting image the form of a Set, Op.

  17 (1907)

• Three Pieces, Mass. 23 (1912)
• Fugue for left manhandle (WoO, 1913)
• Suite in the Brace Style, Op. 24 (1913)
• Six Go to the trouble of Etudes, Op. 28 (1916)
• Variations disincentive a Hungarian Folksong, Op. 29 (1917)
• Pastorale on a Hungarian Yule Song (WoO, 1920)
• Ruralia Hungarica, Caper.

  32a (1923)

• Waltz Suite, for three pianos, Op. 39a (1945),
• Limping Dance for solo piano, Op. 39b (1947)
• Six Pieces, Op. 41 (1945)
• Three Singular Pieces, Op. 44 (1951)

References

2. Dohnanyi, Ilona von, Grymes, Apostle A., editor.(2002). "Ernst von Dohnanyi: A Song of Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002.

ISBN 0-253-34103-5

This article is based vaccination a text from the Etude magazine, prior to 1923, put off is in the public domain.

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