Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy - Brossura

Bazzana, Kevin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0306817489 ISBN 13: 9780306817489

Casa editrice: Da Capo Pr, 2008

Riassunto

Born in 1903, pianist Ervin Nyiregyházi was the subject of the first book devoted to the scientific study of a single prodigy. By twenty-five he had all but disappeared. Mismanaged, exploited, and unfashionably romantic, his career floundered in adulthood. He drank heavily, married ten times, and was reduced to penury, sometimes living on the subway. He settled in Los Angeles where he performed sporadically, counting many of Holly-wood’s elite among his friends, including Gloria Swanson, a likely lover. Rediscovered in the 1970s, he enjoyed a sensational and controversial renaissance, before slipping back into obscurity.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Kevin Bazzana is the author of Wondrous Strange, a biography of Glenn Gould, winner of the Toronto Book Award and an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. He lives in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia.

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Book by Bazzana Kevin

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Da Capo Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0306817489
• ISBN 13: 9780306817489
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 383