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Nyiregyházi Archive (by Tomoyuki Sawado)

This page offers the largest and most comprehensive on-line archive on Ervin Nyiregyházi, and also provides supplemental information to Kevin Bazzana's book "Lost Genius".

Please let me know if you have/find any EN-related materials that are not in this archive (ErvinNy(at)fugue.us)

Musical Wonder Child. 1903-1920

Book

Psychology of a music prodigy by G. Revesz (signed by Nyiregyházi himself), English edition, 1925

Psychology of a music prodigy by G. Revesz pdf version (signed by Nyiregyházi himself), English edition, 1925

Concert Program

Max Fiedler (cond), BPO concert10/14/1915, Berlin

Solo recital, 10/14/1918, Denmark

Arthur Nikisch (cond), BPO concert 10/21/1918, Berlin

Ignaz Neumark (cond), National Theatrets Orkester concert, 11/23/18, Norway

Georg Schneevoigt, Nils Grevillius (cond), 01/16/1919, Sweden

Nils Grevillius (cond), 01/19/1919, Sweden

Solo concert, 1/22/1919, Sweden

Solo concert, 3/7/1919, Norway

Solo concert, 10/1/1919, Sweden

Solo concert, 10/6/1919, Sweden

Solo concert, 12/29/1919 Sweden

Georg Schneevoight (cond), Konsertforenlogens symphonikor, 01/8/1920, Sweden

Solo Recital, 1/11/1920, Sweden

Composition
Berceuse OP1, Chatter of Women Op2, Wedding march, Op3

Grande Sonate Heroique (1917), p1

Trimph!: Zwite Grosse Fantasie (1919), p1

Mephisto Fantasie (1919)

Photo
Nyiregyházi standing at the Buckingham palace with his father (1911)

Nyiregyházi at the age of fifteen (1918)

A Young Liszt for the Pianoforte. 1920-1928

Pianoroll Recording and Film

Book
Psychology of a music prodigy by G. Revesz (signed by Nyiregyházi himself), English edition, 1925

Psychology of a music prodigy by G. Revesz pdf version (signed by Nyiregyházi himself), English edition, 1925

Concert Program

Pierre Monteux (cond), Boston Symphony Orchestra, 10/14-15/1921, Boston #1, #2
(See MusQS, too)

Pierre Monteux (cond), Boston Symphony Orchestra, 10/20/1921, Boston

Pierre Monteux (cond), Boston Symphony Orchestra, 11/27/1922, Boston

Ossip Gabrilowitsch (cond) Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 1921-22 season #1, #2

John Charles Thomas (Baritone), 1/1/1922, Boston #1, #2

John Charles Thomas (Baritone), 4/8/1923, Boston #1, #2

Solo Concert, 1/8/1923, NY #1, #2

Solo Concert, 1/9/1924, CA #1, #2

Duo concert (with Guido Ciccolini) 4/16/1925, N.Y., #cover, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

Solo Concert, 1/25/1928, L.A.

Henry Schoenefeld (cond), The Woman's Symphony Orchestra 4/19/1928 L.A.

Advertisement

US debut concert (Carnegie Hall), 10/18/1920

Solo concert (Carnegie Hall), 10/1/1921 #1, #2

Solo concert (Carnegie Hall), 10/23/1921 (contributed by A. Villani)

Knabe booklet (1924)

Knabe poster (1921??)

Ampico ad for Sinding "Prelude" (1923)

Composition

"Amongst the ruins of the past", musicmanuscript #1, #2, and the sound file:
composed on March, 1927 and September, 1984

Photo

Nyiregyházi arriving at Ellis island (1920)

Nyiregyházi standing (1923)

Nyiregyházi standing with a mask made by G.M. Brown(1920s)

Nyiregyházi in 1920's

Nyiregyházi at a piano (1920's)

Niyregyházi on a chair (1920's)

Nyiregyházi with Harold Lloyd

Art

A bust (probably made by Charles Andrew Hafner, around 1920-21). The photo was taken by Nicholas Haz.

A mask (by "Grace Marion Browne" (possibly Grace Marion Brown, a graphic artist), around 1920-21)

Letter, MusQS

Nyiregyházi MusQS, 10/15/1921

A Soldier of Fortune. 1928-1972

Live Recording and Film

Concert Program

Solo Concert (jointed with Yucatan Quintette), 3/15/1930, L.A., #1, #2, #3

Modest Artschuler (cond), FMP symphony concert, 10/21,
24/1936,L.A.

Solo Concert, 11/13/1936, L.A., #1, #2, #3, #4

Modest Artschuler (cond), FMP symphony concert, 1/27/37, L.A. #1, #2, #3

Modest Artschuler (cond), FMP, Pasadena Symphony Orchestra, 2/1/1938, L.A.

James Sample (cond), 12/25/1940, L.A.

Solo concert, 1/29/1941, L.A. #1, #2

Solo concert, 4/6/1941, CA (ticket)

Solo cincert series, 1944-45 (ticket)

Solo concert as "Mr.X", 5/13/1946

Solo concert, 7/27/1957, CA (English) (Hungarian)

Composition

"Longing for America", musicmanuscript, Feb-March, 1931

"A soldier of fortune", p1, (Rhythmic Notation) May, 1939

"Checkmate No.2", cover page, p1, 1942

Nontitled, musicmanuscript #1, #2:
composed during the fall in 1945

Untitled (Allegro Moderato), musicmanuscript #1, #2, #3: June, 1970, Vienna

Photo
Good-looking Nyiregyházi around 1920s-30s

Nyiregyházi's second wife, Xandra

Nyiregyházi having a hangover?, 1930s

Nyiregyházi WPA promotion photo, 1930s

Nyiregyházi and Gloria Swanson, 1937

Nyiregyházi with his wife Genevieve, 1937

Nyiregyházi wearing a Mask (Mr.X), 1946

Nyiregyházi at 54, 1957

Nyiregyházi passport photo#1, 1959??

Legal Document

Declaration of Intention, 1935 (with EN's photo)

Art

Willy Pogany's sketch of EN, 1941

Arnold Schoenberg's 1935 letter to Klemperer about Nyiregyházi (German) (link)
Arnold Scboenberg's 1935 diaries about Nyiregyházi (link)

The Pianist Who Came In from the Cold. 1972-1980

Live Recording

Concert Program

Solo concert at the century club, CA, 12/17/1972, #1, #2

Solo concert at the old first church, CA, 5/6/1973, #1, #2
(Desmar's "Two legends")

Solo concert at Forest Hill Club House, CA, 5/24/1973

Solo concert at Ronald F. Antonioli's house, CA, 7/29/1973, #1, #2, hand-written tracks by Nyiregyházi
(an AMICA report about a program change)

Solo concert at Ronald F. Antonioli's house, CA, 4/30/1978

Photo

L.A. Clark Hotel card

Nyiregyházi passport photo#2 (undated)

Nyiregyházi passport photo#3 (undated)

Nyiregyházi passport photo#4 (undated)

Nyiregyházi wearing a jacket

Nyiregyházi standing on Ofarell street in San Francisco (Ofarell & Tayler) (by the San Francisco chronicle), August 1978

A Great Antithesis 1980-1987
(C)Y.Hatano

Concert Program

Solo Recitals, 5/31/1980 and 6/1/1980, Takasaki, Japan (EN himself handwrote what he was going to play)
(Contributed by Jun Kinoshita)

Solo Recitals, Takasaki (1/10/82) and Tokyo (1/21/82), Japan
(Contributed by Jun Kinoshita)

Advertisement

Flyers (Japanese)(English) for "World Premiere" Concert in 1982. This flyer includes a ticket to book a new LP album planned then (not "The messengers of Peace" )

Solo recital, Tokyo (1/21/82), Japan-1

Solo recital, Tokyo (1/21/82), Japan-2

Article

The Focus (1/29/1982): EN's 79th Birthday Concert (1/19/1982) held in the Hotel New Otani

Messengers of Peace, Part 1: Toshiba EMI (IRS-770-771)

Composition

"Japanese Monody", musicmanuscript, June 8, 1980
(Contributed by Jun Kinoshita)

"Ninety Five Years Ago", musicmanuscript, 7/31/1981

"Amongst the ruins of the past", musicmanuscript #1, #2, and the sound file:
composed on March, 1927 and September, 1984

"Castle, No.2". musicmanuscript, December 20, 1984

"The Bottomless Pit (No.3), musicmanuscript January 3, 1985

"Andante Ethereal", musicmanuscript, Feb 7, 1985.

"The Truncated Life-Task (No.I)", musicmanuscript #1, #2, April 4, 1986

"The Laughters of the Murderer", musicmanuscript #1, #2, April 27, 1986

"The Terror of Playing Beethoven’s “Appassionata” in Concert" #1, #2, July 18, 1986

2) Other photo

Nyiregyházi passport photo#5 (1986~87?)

Nyiregyházi's hands (taken by Doris Nyiregyházi) #1, #2

Nyiregyházi (without wearing a tie!) at home #1 (taken by Doris)

Nyiregyházi at home #2 (taken by Doris)

Nyiregyházi at home #3 (taken by Doris)

Nyiregyházi at home #4 (taken by Doris)

Nyiregyházi's gravestone, Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale, CA

Nyiregyházi funeral card #1, #2, #3

1987-present

Book

Lost Genius by Kevin Bazzana

Award

The Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Musical Biography, in the “concert music” category (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers), 2008

The International Piano Awards 2007: Book of the year

The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction (Nominated)

The American music press for the"Best Book" award (Nominated)

Edition
Canadian edition (2007)

US edition (2007)

"Pianist X" (tr. by Birgit Irgang), German edition (2007)

Canadian paperback edition (2008)

"Ushinawareta Tensai" (tr. by Keisuke Suzuki) Japanese edition