Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical ProdigyDa Capo Press, 28 сент. 2007 г. - Всего страниц: 384 Born in Budapest in 1903, Ervin Nyiregyházi (nyeer-edge-hah-zee) was composing at two, giving his first public recital at six, and performing all over Europe by eight. He was soon recognized as one of the most remarkable child prodigies in history and became the subject of a four-year study by a psychologist. By twenty-five, he had all but disappeared. Mismanaged, exploited, and insistent on an intensely Romantic style, his career foundered in adulthood and he was reduced to penury. In 1928, he settled in Los Angeles, where he performed sporadically and worked in Hollywood. Psychologically, he remained a child, and found the ordinary demands of daily life onerous — he struggled even to dress himself. He drank heavily, was insatiable sexually (he married ten times), and lived in abject poverty, yet such was his talent and charisma that he numbered among his friends and champions Rudolph Valentino, Harry Houdini, Theodore Dreiser, Bela Lugosi, and Gloria Swanson. Rediscovered in the 1970s, he enjoyed a sensational and controversial renaissance. Kevin Bazzana explores the brilliant but troubled mind of a geniune Romantic adrift in the modern age. The story he tells is one of the most fascinating - and bizarre - in the history of music. |
Другие издания - Просмотреть все
Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy Kevin Bazzana Ограниченный просмотр - 2009 |
Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy Kevin Bazzana Просмотр фрагмента - 2007 |
Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy Kevin Bazzana Недоступно для просмотра - 2009 |
Часто встречающиеся слова и выражения
admired album American Ampico Angeles Archives artist audience became Beethoven Bela Lugosi Benko Berlin Budapest career Carnegie Hall Chopin composer compositions concert critics Desmar Dohnányi Doris Dreiser Elsie emotional Ernö Dohnányi Ervin Nyiregyházi Europe expression father feelings film fingers Frederic Lamond friends gave genius Gregor Benko Grieg heard Hungarian Hungary Ignácz insisted inspired interview January Jews Johnston Kapp keyboard Koike Lamond later Leó Weiner letter Library Liszt live Los Angeles Lugosi Mária marriage married Mary mother musicians never notes Nyiregyházi played Nyiregyházi recalled October once Opera orchestral Parnes passion performance Photograph pianist piano piano rolls pieces prodigy Rachmaninov Raymond Lewenthal recital recordings repertoire Révész Ricardo Hernandez Richard Kapp rolls Romantic San Francisco Schonberg scores Sekikawa sexual sometimes sonata spiritual story Symphony Takasaki Tchaikovsky Theodore Dreiser told tone took wanted wife woman women wrote York