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20th Century Late Romantic Hungarian

DOHNÁNYI, Ernst [Ernő]

Born Pozsony [now Bratislava], July 27, 1877
Died in New York, Feb 9, 1960

Pronunciation
Pronunciation in IPA: [ˈɛrnøː ˈdohnaːɲi]

  • Dohnányi was a virtuoso pianist, composer and conductor. Brahms was one of the early supporters of his composing career. After teaching at the Berlin Conservatory, he became a leading musical force in Hungary, championing the work of his Hungarian contemporaries Kodály and Bartók.
  • Later in life he became pianist- and composer-in-residence at Florida State University.
  • Although Dohnányi’s compositions were romantic in style, he was one of the earliest musicians to recognize and support Bartók’s modernist music.
  • Dohnányi’s students included Georg Solti and Géza Anda.1

Short biography

Sources

  1. Bálint, Vázsonyi, “Dohnányi, Ernő,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed September 3, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000007927.

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