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    Ervin Nyiregyházi was a Hungarian and American pianist and composer. After several years on the concert stage in the 1920s, he descended into relative obscurity before briefly reemerging in the 1970s. His highly distinctive playing style, which has been seen by some as linked to the kind of Romantic pianism associated with Franz Liszt, divided critical opinion. Wikipedia

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    Ervin Nyiregyházi [1] (January 19, 1903, Budapest - April 8, 1987, Los Angeles) was a Hungarian and American pianist and composer. After several years on the concert stage in the 1920s, he descended into relative obscurity before briefly reemerging in the 1970s. ... Nyiregyhazi: At the Opera (VAI/IPA 1003 VAI Audio TT 55.29, without date ...
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    Recent Nyiregyhazi.org Posts. The rise and bizarre fall of a musical prodigy — Los Angeles Times [24 July 2011] NY Times - Review of Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy; Nyiregyhazi Documentary; LA Times: A Spiritual Connection: Ervin Nyiregyházi, Louis 'Moondog' Hardin and, yes, Bobby Fischer
  5. Lost Genius is a biography of the Hungarian-American pianist and composer Ervin Nyiregyházi. His name (pronounced "air-veen nyeer-edge-hah-zee") is little known today, except among historical-piano buffs, yet the testimony of fellow-musicians, critics, and other reliable witnesses, and of what documents and recordings survive, reveals that he was one of the greatest and most idiosyncratic ...
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    "Ervin Nyiregyhazi, the Hungarian pianist, may be termed a genius by mention of the following facts, which are probably unmatched by any other person alive today: at his present age of 19 he plays more concertos than he is years old…he plays more than sixty of the most difficult of Liszt's compositions, and…he has appeared in public ...
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    Remember Ervin Nyiregyházi (1903-1987), the infamous "skid row" pianist? He started out life as one of the most highly scrutinized and well-documented child prodigies. However, his early adult career ended almost soon as it began, partially due to bad management and bad luck, yet mostly on account of his volatile personality.
  9. calebhupiano.com

    Aug 9, 2023The Hungarian-American pianist Ervin Nyíregyházi is one of the most fascinating and polarizing figures in musical history. Not many besides hardcore fans know his name today, but for a brief period in the 1920s and the 1970s, he was a sensation. Everything in between is one of the most fantastical life stories ever told. I…
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    Recent Nyiregyhazi.org Posts. The rise and bizarre fall of a musical prodigy — Los Angeles Times [24 July 2011] NY Times - Review of Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy; Nyiregyhazi Documentary; LA Times: A Spiritual Connection: Ervin Nyiregyházi, Louis 'Moondog' Hardin and, yes, Bobby Fischer
  11. americanhungarianfederation.org

    NEW BIOGRAPHY OF ERVIN NYIREGYHAZI: LOST GENIUS: The Curious and Tragic Story of An Extraordinary Musical Prodigy, By Kevin Bazzana, Carrol & Graf; 383 pages; $28. The October 14-20, 2007 edition of "Book World," the weekly supplement to The Washington Post, published a lengthy, full page review of a new biography of Ervin Nyiregyhazi, the ...

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