Selected materials from www.Fugue.us/Ervin

His Name

When Nyiregyhazi was asked how to pronounce his name in an interview, he replied:
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His Life

Please click here ("Lost genius" by Kevin Bazzana)

Selected Recordings

1. Liszt: Legendes No.2, "St. Francois De Paule Marchant Sur les flots" ("Wave")
Old First Church, 5/6/1973

2. Liszt: “Mazeppa” in D Minor, No. 4 from the Eudes d'execution transcendante (ca. spring or summer of 1924; November 1924; 63703H) , pianoroll recording

3. Liszt: Faust symphony, the 2nd movement "Gretchen"
Ronald Antonioli's home, 4/30/1978

4. Tchaikovsky, arranged by Percy Grainger: Concert Paraphrase on the “Flower Waltz” from The Nutcracker (ca. September 1922; January 1923; 61613H), pianoroll recording

5. Liszt, "Dante Sonata"
R. Antolinoli's house, 7/29/1973

6. Rachmaninoff Piano Concert No.2, 2nd movement
Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, 1/21/1982 (Link)


His own words
Also sprach Nyiregyhazi


CTV interview (1978)

His performance for Queen Mary


His slum period


Life without having a piano


The ending