Ernst von Dohnányi - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1877-07-27 （Pozsony (now Bratislava)）
Died: 1960-02-09 （New York City） age 82
Nationality: Hungarian, American
Languages: Hungarian, German, English
Religion: Unknown
Residence History: Budapest → Berlin → Tallahassee, Florida

Career

Occupations: composer, pianist, conductor
Active Years: 1897-1960
Affiliations: Hochschule für Musik Berlin, Budapest Academy of Music, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Memberships: Honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
Influenced By: Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Eugen d'Albert
Influenced: Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Georg Solti

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music	—	Piano and Composition	—	1894-1897	Hungary

Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music

Piano and Composition

Period: 1894-1897

Year of Graduation: 1897

Country: Hungary

Studied piano with István Thomán and composition with Hans von Koessler

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1897	Hungarian King's Prize	Symphony in F major	—	Kingdom of Hungary	won
1990	Kossuth Prize	—	—	Hungarian government	won

Hungarian King's Prize

1897

Work: Symphony in F major

Organization: Kingdom of Hungary

Result: won

Kossuth Prize

1990

Organization: Hungarian government

Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Kossuth Prize 1 appearances

Edition 27 (1990) Winner

Works

Major Works

Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1

1895 Chamber music

First published work, approved by Brahms

Romanticism

Serenade in C major, Op. 10

1902 String trio

Masterpiece serenade for string trio

LyricismLightheartedness

Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25

1914 Piano and orchestra

Variations on 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'

Variation technique

Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 9

1901 Symphony

First orchestral work

Brahms influence

Ruralia hungarica, Op. 32

1924 Orchestral

Based on Hungarian folk tunes

Hungarian folk

Bibliography

Piano Quartet in F-sharp minor
String Sextet in B-flat major
Sonata in C-sharp minor for violin and piano, Op. 21
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 5

Style & Themes

Literary Style: RomanticconservativeBrahmsian
Recurring Motifs: Hungarian folk music elements

Health

pneumonia

1960

Cause of death

Legacy

Prominent Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor known for conservative Romantic style. Supported Jewish musicians during WWII. Spent later years at Florida State University; awarded Kossuth Prize posthumously

Trivia

His son Hans von Dohnányi was executed for anti-Nazi resistance.
Grandson Christoph von Dohnányi is a renowned conductor.
His last public performance was conducting Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.