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

Bazzana, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306817489 ISBN 13: 9780306817489

Publisher: Da Capo Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Born in 1903, pianist Ervin Nyiregyhzi 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-woods 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.

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Review:

"Augusta Metro Spirit," 9/10/08"A wonderful look at Romanticism in practice and a fascinating vision of the rise and fall and rise and fall of a man of incredible talent, "Lost Genius" is truly a magical story sure to inspire a wide range of emotion, intellectual curiosity, and depth in the lives of readers everywhere."

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0306817489
• ISBN 13: 9780306817489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383