A Wayfaring Stranger: Ernst Von Dohnányi's American Years, 1949-1960 Volume 25

by Veronika Kusz

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520301838
• ISBN13: 9780520301832
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"