{"product_id":"9780253109286","title":"Ernst von Dohn?nyi: A Song of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"... a rare kind of biography and autobiography: a clear and elegant\u003cbr\u003e exposition of fact, as well as a humane portrait of a great piano virtuoso,\u003cbr\u003e composer, teacher, and democratic soul, as told to and seen through the eyes of one\u003cbr\u003e close to him.\" -- Mark Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnst von Dohnányi\u003cbr\u003e (1877--1960) was one of the most highly respected musicians of his time. The young\u003cbr\u003e Dohnányi enjoyed an international prestige that brought him into contact with such\u003cbr\u003e 19th-century masters as Johannes Brahms and Eugène d'Albert. He is remembered for\u003cbr\u003e his technique and interpretive skills as a pianist and conductor, as well as for the\u003cbr\u003e masterpieces he composed for piano, chamber ensembles, and orchestra. As a teacher\u003cbr\u003e and administrator, Dohnányi was responsible for the training of an entire\u003cbr\u003e generation of musicians in Hungary, and for helping to shape the country's musical\u003cbr\u003e culture. After World War II, his career foundered when he was falsely accused of\u003cbr\u003e being a Nazi sympathizer. In 1953, at the age of 76, Dohnányi returned to\u003cbr\u003e international prominence with a triumphant \"re-debut\" at Carnegie Hall.\u003cbr\u003e Ernst von Dohnányi: A Song of Life, written from a firsthand perspective by\u003cbr\u003e Dohnányi's widow, is the first full English-language biography of the\u003cbr\u003e artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084683034864,"sku":"9780253109286","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253109286_p0.jpg?v=1763680846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253109286","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}