Ernő Dohnányi 125th
Anniversary Commemorative Exhibit 2002
(1877-1960)
Museum of Music History
Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Important events in the life of Ernő Dohnányi
The Museum of Music History of the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences presents the current exhibit as a tribute to Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor Ernő Dohnányi (1877-1960), in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of his birth. This jubilee offers an opportunity to display publically for the first time this selection of documents and memorabilia (autograph manuscripts, printed scores, posters, photographs, portraits, a piano, archival films, and recordings) from public and private collections. The systematic research and documentation of Dohnányi's multifaceted life-work has been virtually neglected in past decades. Thus, the current exhibit is only one of many possible opporiunities to examine and remember Dohnányi's great legacy.
After fleeing his homeland, Dohnányi expressed his wish in the fall of 1945 that those personal belongings to which he had relinquished claim and left in the possession of Elza Galafrés, his second wife, be bequeathed to public collections in Hungary. The process of transferring autograph manuscripts to the Music Division of the National Széchényi Library began in 1958. In December, 1962, following Dohnányi's death, his widow, Ilona Zachár Dohnányi, and his sister, Mrs. Ferenc Kováts, née Mária Dohnányi, signed contracts for the transfer of Dohnányi's estate to the Music Division of the National Széchényi Library. During the process of systematic inventory of the estate at Dohnányi's former home on Széher út, which took place in several stages, documents and relics of extraordinary significance were discovered. In 1970 the Museum of Music History assumed possession of memorabilia from Dohnányi's granddaughter, Márta Dohnányi, at which time the Library of the Institute for Musicology acquired letters and the Music Division of the National Széchényi Library acquired additional autograph manuscripts from Márta Dohnányi. In 1977 the Musem of Music History also obtained Dohnányi's Bösendorfer piano, a bust of the composer, and one of his silver laurel wreaths from Dr. Ernő Szlabey.
In addition to all of the above, extremely valuable materials relating to Dohnányi can be found in the Theatre Division and the Brochure Collection of the National Széchényi Library, the music collection of the Budapest Philharmonic Society, the Ferenc Liszt University of Music, the Music Division of the Ervin Szabó Municipal Library, the Kiscelli Museum branch of the Budapest Historical Museum, and the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Thanks to the efforts of the recently-established (January, 2002) Ernő Dohnányi Archives here, additional autograph manuscripts and hitherto unknown pertinent materials have come to light.
This exhibit has been compiled from a selection of documents and objects from public and private collections. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our most sincere gratitude to the lending institutions and persons for assisting us in our work, and thereby greatly enriching our tribute to Ernő Dohnányi.
Brochure Collection = Brochure Collection of the National Széchényi Library, Budapest
Bókay = in the possession of dr. János Bókay, Budapest
DK = property of Deborah Kiszely
Dohnányi Archives = Dohnányi Archives of the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
LibrInst = Library of the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
MusDiv = Music Division of the National Széchényi Library, Budapest
MusHist = Museum of Music History of the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Szlabey family = in the possession of the Ernő Szlabey family, Budapest
Theatre Division = Theatre Division of the National Széchényi Library, Budapest
1. Ernő Dohnányi's father, Frigyes Dohnányi with Ferenc Liszt at the Redout in Pozsony, 1874; drawing by István Zádor based on a contemporary photograph. Published: Mátéka-Füssmann, Franz Liszt, ein Künstlerleben, Berlin - Leipzig, 1936, photograph
2. Frigyes Dohnányi: String Quartet, op. 1, music excerpt, photograph
3. Mrs. Frigyes Dohnányi, née Ottilia Szlabey, Ernő Dohnányi's mother; photographed by L. Dohnányi, Szlabey family
4. Frigyes Dohnányi, photographed by Theodor Krausz, Szlabey family
5. Ernő Dohnányi with his sister, Mária Dohnányi (Miczi), photographed by Kozics, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
6. Concert program, July 28, 1888, Casino of Bars County, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
7. Ernő Dohnányi, 1891, photographed by Sándor Fink, photograph copy, original: MusDiv, Ernő Dohnányi Photographs 1/4
8. Ernő Dohnányi with friends at a carneval party, 1895, photograph copy, original in the possession of Sean Ernst McGlynn, Tallahassee
9. Ernő Dohnányi with friends at a carneval party, 1895, photograph copy, original in the possession of Sean Ernst McGlynn
10. Ernő Dohnányi with his wife, pianist Elza Kunwald, 1900, photographed by Károly Koller, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
11. Ernő Dohnányi with his second wife, actress Elza Galafrés, 1914, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
12. Ernő Dohnányi in the gardens of his home on Széher út, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
13. Ernő Dohnányi with his sister Miczi, 1938, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
14. Ernő Dohnányi with his third wife, writer Ilona Zachár, 1956, photograph copy, original: Ernő Dohnányi Music School, Budapest
15. Caricatures of Dohnányi:
a) Feiks: Ernő Dohnányi and János Koessler, 1895, “Bolond Istók”, xerox copy, original newspaper article: MusDiv, Ernő Dohnányi Photographs 4/1
b) Oscar Berger: Dohnányi caricature, „Der Mittag”, Düsseldorf, 2 August 1927, xerox copy, original newspaper article: MusDiv, Ernő Dohnányi Photographs 4/7
c) Oscar Berger: Dohnányi caricature, 1927, xerox copy, original newspaper clipping in the MusDiv, Ernő Dohnányi Photographs 4/?
16. Frank Cooper: Dohnanyi, “Selmer Bandwagon” 13/2, May, 1965
17. József Rippl-Rónai: Thomán and Dohnányi, 1917, drawing; photograph copy, original: postcard in the MusDiv, Ernő Dohnányi Photographs 8/13
18. Dohnányi with Zoltán Kodály and others, 1923, photograph, original: Szlabey family
19. Postcard from Béla Bartók and Ernő Balog to Ernő Dohnányi, 1928, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
20. Ernő Dohnányi and Pablo Casals, 1935/36, photograph copy, original: MusDiv, Ernő Dohnányi Photographs 8/9
21. Ernő Dohnányi with Emil Sauer, photograph copy, original: MusDiv, Ernő Dohnányi Photographs 5/18
22. Ernő Dohnányi with Alfred Cortot and others, late 1930's, photograph copy, original: archives of the Budapest Philharmonic Society
23. Ernő Dohnányi composing, 1927, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
24. Ernő Dohnányi at the piano, photograph copy, negative: MusHist, F. 710
25. Ernő Dohnányi conducting, photograph copy, original: Szlabey family
26. György Kovács: bronze bust of Ernő Dohnányi, MusHist, 10.249
27. József Reményi: Ernő Dohnányi, 1923, bronze medal, 97 mm, MusHist, 10.181
28. József Reményi: Ernő Dohnányi, 1923, bronze medal, 97 mm, MusHist, 10.478
Orchestral works, posters |
(vitrine nos. 1-3, display nos. 1, 2, and 4) |
29. Piano Concerto in E minor (one-movement version), op. 5b, 1897-98, autograph manuscript, MusDiv, Ms. mus. 2.991
30. Piano concerto in E minor, op. 5, orchestral score, Wien: Doblinger, 1904, DK
31. Piano concerto in E minor, op. 5, world première, 11 January 1899, Vigadó Main Hall, Budapest, Hans Richter, conductor, Ernő Dohnányi, piano, poster, Broahure Collection
32. Symphony in D minor, orchestral score, Mainz: Schott (27233), with Dohnányi's handwritten dedication: “Falk Géza Úrnak szíves emlékül [as a cordial token of remembrance to Mr. Géza Falk], Dohnányi Ernő, Budapest, 1931. június 18”. Ervin Szabó Municipal Library, Zq 18030
33. Variations on a Nursery Song for full orchestra and piano concertante, op. 25, 1914, piano part with Dohnányi's handwritten remarks, Berlin: Simrock, 1914, Szlabey family
34. Variations on a Nursery Song, op. 25, Hungarian première, 19 November 1917, Vigadó, Budapest, István Kerner, conductor, Dohnányi, piano, poster, Brochure Collection
35. Festive Overture for full orchestra, op. 31, autograph manuscript, Kiscelli Museum
36. Festive Overture, op. 31, world première, 19 November 1923, Municipal Redout, Budapest, Ernő Dohnányi, conductor, poster, Brochure Collection
37. Special gala concert of the Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra in honor of president and music director Dr. Ernő Dohnányi, Ferenc Liszt Music Academy Main Hall, Budapest, 24 October 1927, poster, Brochure Collection
38. Symphonic Minutes for orchestra, op. 36, autograph manuscript, archives of the Budapest Philharmonic Society, D. 26
39. Conductor's baton, 1902, ivory with silver decoration, with initials D.E., MusHist, 10.537
40. Conductor's baton, 1919, ivory and wood, with initials D.E., MusHist, 10.538
41. Conductor's baton, wood and cork, MusHist, 10.042
42. Conductor's baton, wood and ivory, Szlabey family
43. Conductor's baton, ivory and silver, Szlabey family
44. Ruralia hungarica, op. 32/b, orchestral score, Budapest: Rózsavölgyi, LibrInst
45. Ruralia hungarica, op. 32/b, premiére 17 November 1924, Ernő Dohnányi, conductor, Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, Budapest, poster, Brochure Collection
46. Erkel-Dohnányi Hungarian National Anthem, 1938, autograph manuscript, archives of the Budapest Philharmonic Society, D. 633
47. Second Pianoforte Concerto (B minor), op. 42, two-piano score, London: Lengnick, 1948, property of Judit Lajos, Budapest
48. Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, op. 45, onionskin photostatic manuscript, Dohnányi Archives
49. Dohnányi's cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 467, autograph manuscript, gift of Professor Emeritus Raymond Liebau (University of Mississippi) with inscription: “I would like to donate this manuscript to the Dohnányi Archives in Budapest in loving memory of the wonderful man and musician who was my piano teacher during the last years of his life.”
50. Piano Quintet in C minor, op. 1, score, 1902, Wien: Doblinger, DK
51. Piano Quintet in C minor, op. 1, score, 1902, Wien: Doblinger, LibrInst, 242.764
52. Dohnányi's autograph incipit of the Piano Quintet in C minor, op. 1, movement 4 in the keepsake album of actress Margit Perényi, “Budapest, 16 Jún. 1895”, property of Endre Laczkovich, Budapest
53. String Quartet in A Major, op. 7, score, Wien: Doblinger, LibrInst, 602.805
54. Serenade for String Trio, op. 10, score, Wien: Doblinger 1904, LibrInst, 200.012
55. String Quartet in D flat Major, op. 15, autograph manuscript, MusDiv, Ms. mus. 2.983
56. String Quartet in D flat Major, op. 15, score, Berlin-Leipzig: Simrock, 1907, LibrInst, 200.014
57. Piano Quintet in E-flat minor, op. 26, score, Simrock 1922, LibrInst
58. String Quartet in A minor, op. 33, score, Budapest: Rózsavölgyi 1927, LibrInst
59. Passacaglia, op. 6, score, Wien: Doblinger 1904, Dohnányi Archives
60. Four Rhapsodies, op. 11, autograph manuscript, dedicated to Prof. János Bókay, Bókay
61. Four Rhapsodies, op. 11, score, Wien: Doblinger 1904, Dohnányi Archives
62. Winterreigen (Ten Bagatelles), op. 13, score, Wien: Doblinger 1906, DK
63. Humoresques in the Form of a Suite, op. 17, score, Berlin-Leipzig: Simrock 1908, DK 64. Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song, op.,29, score, Budapest: Rózsavölgyi 1921, DK 65. Ruralia hungarica, op. 32/a, score, Budapest: Rózsavölgyi 1925, LibrInst 243.350
66. Suite en valse, op. 39/a, movement 3 “Valse boiteuse” [Lop-sided Waltz], score, London: Lengnick 1948, Dohnányi Archives
67. Six Piano Pieces, op. 41, score, London: Lengnick 1947, DK
68. Twelve Short Studies for the Advanced Pianist, onionskin photostatic manuscript, Dohnányi Archives
69. Two songs from the opera “Iva's Tower”, op. 30: Emelka, Act. 1, scene 2 and Talabér, Act 2, scene 1, autograph manuscript, Bókay
70. Finale, Iva's Tower, piano reduction score (Rózsavölgyi 1925) with Dohnányi's handwritten corrections and autograph manuscript pages, Szlabey family
71. Gusztáv Oláh, Iva's Tower, stage design for the 18 December 1937 performance, pastel, 435X600 mm, Theatre Division, KF 200
72. Gusztáv Oláh, Iva's Tower, Iva's and the young women's costume designs for the 18 December 1937 performance, tempera, 364X252 mm, Theatre Division, KE 2980
73. Gusztáv Oláh, Iva's Tower, Talabér minstrel's and Orbók Transylvanian voivode's costume designs for the 18 December 1937 performance, tempera, 248x353 mm, Theatre Division, KE 2981
74. Gusztáv Oláh, Iva's Tower, Captain Turkevi's, the young men's, Kund's, and Tarján's costume designs for the 18 December 1937 performance, tempera, 252X348 mm, Theatre Division, KE 2982
75. Gusztáv Oláh, Iva's Tower, Talabér's, Orbók's, Emelka's, Dömölk's, minstrel's, and dancer's costume designs for the 18 December 1937 performance, tempera, 224x314 mm, Theatre Division, KE 2983
76. Gusztáv Oláh, Iva's Tower, costume design for the 18 December 1937 performance, tempera, 224X148 mm, Theatre Division, KE 2984
77. Gusztáv Oláh, Iva's Tower, costume design for the 18 Dececember 1937 performance, tempera, 218X128 mm, Theatre Division, KE 2985
78. 18 December 1937 performance of the opera “Iva's Tower”, Act 1, scene 1, photographed by M. Pál Vajda, photograph, Theatre Division 1003/1968
79. 18 December 1937 performance of the opera “Iva's Tower”, Act 1, scene 2, photographed by M. Pál Vajda, photograph, Theatre Division, 1003/1968
80. 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower”, Act 2, scene 1, photographed by M. Pál Vajda, photograph, Theatre Division, 1003/1968
81. Mária Budánovits and György Losonczy as Emelka and Kund, 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower” newspaper clipping, Theatre Division, KA 5664/1
82. György Losonczy as Kund, 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower” newspaper clipping, Theatre Division, KA 3543/8
83. Mihály Székely as Orbók, 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower” newspaper clipping, Theatre Division, KA 3835/4
84. Endre Rösler and Magda Rigó as Tarján and Iva, 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower” newspaper clipping, Theatre Division, KA 5664/2
85. Lajos Laurisin as Captain Turkevi, 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower” newspaper clipping, Theatre Division; KA 4223/6
86. Andor Lendvai as Captain Dömölk, 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower” newspaper clipping, Theatre Division, KA 4236/2
87. Endre Rösler as Tarján, 18 December 1937 performance of the opera „Iva's Tower” newspaper clipping, Theatre Division, KA 4236/2
88. Missa in dedicatione Ecclesiae (Mass for Szeged), op. 35, autograph manuscript of the orchestral score, MusDiv, Ms. Mus. 2.989
89. Missa in dedicatione Ecclesiae premiére, poster, Jenő Haranghy, lithography, 62X95 cm, Brochure Collection, 78/1930
90. Stabat Mater, op. 46, score, New York: Associated Music Publishers 1956, Dohnányi Archives
91. Six Poems by Victor Heindl, op. 14, autograph manuscript, with Dohnányi's handwritten dedication to Prof. János Bókay: „Kedves barátomnak Prof. Bókay Jánosnak szeretettel küldi ezt a régi kéziratot [I lovingly send this old autograph manuscript to my dear friend; Prof. J.B.] Dohnányi Ernő Budapest, Karácsony [Christmas] 1927.” Bókay
92. Dohnányi's Bösendorfer piano with concave keyboard designed by Clutsam, MusHist, 78.1
93. Dohnányi's piano chair, property of Alex Szilasi
94. Dohnányi's metronome, Szlabey family
95. Dohnányi's reading lamp, Szlabey family
96. Cézár Kunwald: Ernő Dohnányi, 1908, oil on canvas, 105X90 cm, Ferenc Liszt University of Music, 20013
97. Kallos: Ernő Dohnányi, pencil sketch, paper, 420X27.5 mm, Szlabey family
98. Ernő Dohnányi, 1943, etching, 360x260 mm, MusHist, 10.252
99. Portrait film of Ernő Dohnányi, late 1930's, entitled „Variations on a Children's Song”, Episodes from Dohnányi's life. Created by the Hungarian Film Bureau. Features Dohnányi walking in the gardens of his home on Széher út (Budapest II. district); Dohnányi composing and performing excerpts of his op. 25 „Variations” for piano and orchestra; Dohnányi teaching the op. 25, performing the orchestral part and giving limited verbal instruction; Dohnányi conducting a performance by his student of the op. 25; doubleimaging of a train travelling between Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Naples, Milan, and London (last scene shows New York) while Dohnányi plays the op. 25; ends with a little girl playing „Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on the piano with one finger, Dohnányi smiling.
100. Four excerpts from newsreel footage, Hungarian World News:
a) October, 1929 (MFI 297), silent film, features Dohnányi and Bartók at the 100th jubilee celebratioan of the Music Society of Sopron.
b) 1940 (MFI 830) features Dohnányi conducting Bartók's „Village Dance” (A falu tánca) with Bartók in the audience.
c) July, 1943 (MFI 1014) features Dohnányi conducting the Hungarian Radio Orchestra in a performance of the last movement of his op. 36 „Symphonic Minutes for Orchestra” in a special concert honoring Dohnányi's 66th birthday.
d) July, 1944 (MFI 1066) features Dohnányi conducting a performance of his own arrangement of Béni Egressy's „Szózat” [Creed] at the Liszt Academy.
Op.2 Four Piano Pieces; no.3 Intermezzo, F minor (EMI 1552; 1958); no.4 Capriccio, B minor (Welte roll rec.1905, LP no. 575; 1964)
Op.8 Sonata for Cello and Piano; Ernő Dohnányi pf., Leighton Conkling vc. (concert recording, Ohio Univ., 31 March 1957)
Op.11 Four Rhapsodies for Piano (no.1-4: rec.1940, Hungarian Radio D-2783/4; no.2: F-sharp minor, concert recording 1956, Hungaroton LPX 12085-86)
Op.17 Humoresken in Form einer Suite; no.1 Marsch (Hungaroton LPX 11759, “100 éves a Zeneművészeti Főiskola” [Ferenc Liszt Music Academy at 100]); no.3 Pavane mit Variationen (EMI 1553; 1958)
Op.21 Sonate for Violin and Piano; Ernő Dohnányi - Ede Zathureczky, home concert recording in Dohnányi's home Tallahasseee, 1958. jan.
Op.23 Drei Klavierstücke; 1. Aria, 2. Valse impromptu, 3. Capriccio (Everest SDBR 3061; 1960)
Op.24 Suite nach altem Stil (EMI 1553; 1958)
Op.25 Variations on a Nursery Song for Full Orchestra and Piano Concertante Ernő Dohnányi pf., London Symphony Orchestra, Lawrance Collingwood cond. (EMI 7243 5550312 1; 1931)
Op.29 Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (EMI 1552; 1958)
Op.32b Ruralia hungarica (Five Pieces for Orchestra); State Symphony of Florida, Ernő Dohnányi cond. (concert recording, 25 February 1952)
Op.39a Suite en valse for two pianos; Ernő Dohnányi- Ede Kilényi (Columbia ML 4256; 1948)
Op.41 Six Piano Pieces (EMI 1552; 1958)
Op.42 Piano Concerto in B minor; Ernő Dohnányi pf., Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,. Sir Adrian Boult, cond. (Angel 35538; 1956)
Op.43 Violin Concerto in C minor; Frances Magnes, vn., Florida State Symphony, Dohnányi Ernő, cond. (concert recording, 26. April 1951)
Op.44 Three Singular Pieces; 1. Burletta, 2. Nocturne (concert recording, 16. Nov. 1955, University of Wiscosin, Madison, Wi)
Gavotte & Musette (Welte roll rec.1905, Hungarian Radio)
Pastorale (on a Hungarian Christmas carol) (concert recording, 1 May 1955, Athens, Oh; Hungaroton LPX 12086/b)
Schubert-Dohnányi: Valses nobles (concert recording, 15 April 1956, Hungaroton LPX 12086)
Strauss-Dohnányi: Schatzwalzer (rec. January 1960, Everest SDBR 3061)
Brahms: Capriccio in B minor (Welte roll rec.1905, Hungarian Radio 40796)
Liszt: Fantasy & Fugue on BACH (Welte roll rec.1905)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. XIII (Welte roll. rec. 13 November 1905)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. XV (Welte roll. rec. 13 November 1905)
Liszt-Bülow: Concerto pathétique for two pianos; Béla Bartók- Ernő Dohnányi (Live radio broadcast, 4 November 1939, Hungaroton LPX 12338/a)
Beethoven: Andante favori (rec.1940, Hungarian Radio D-2783, No. 4)
Beethoven: Sonata in D minor, op.31 no.2 (rec.1940, Hungarian Radio D-2783, No. 4)
Mozart: Sonata in A Major for violin and piano, K. 526; Alfred Campoli vn. - Ernő Dohnányi pf. (Aldebourgh Festival 1949, Hungarian Radio A-132433/4/1-4)
Schumann: Kinderszenen (rec.(1940, Hungarian Radio D-2783)
1871. August 29. Frigyes Dohnányi (b. 1843) marries Ottilia Szlabey (b. 1853).
1877. July 27. Ernő Jenő Frigyes Dohnányi is born in Pozsony.
1894. March 11. Dohnányi's Piano Quartet in F-sharp minor is premiered in Vienna.
1894. September. Accepted for admission to the Liszt Academy in Budapest; piano studies with István Thomán, composition studies with János Koessler.
1895. Brahms hears Dohnányi's op. 1 Piano Quintet and arranges for its Viennese premiere. 1897. Dohnányi's Symphony in F Major and Zrínyi Overture are awarded the King's Prize in the Millennium Royal Competition. Graduates with honors in piano and composition from the Liszt Academy. Prepares for his Berlin debut with Eugen d'Albert during the summer. Plays for the first time with Hans Richter in November.
1898. Establishes the foundation for his world fame as a pianist in a single London concert with his interpretation of Beethoven's op. 58 Piano Concerto in G Major.
1899. Wins the Bösendorfer Grand Prize with his op. 5b Piano Concerto in E Minor.
1900. First American concert tour. Marries Elza Kunwald.
1901-1905. Resides alternately in Vienna and Budapest.
1905. Invited to teach at the Berlin Music Academy. He is granted professoriate status in 1908. 1915. November 27. Leaves Berlin permanently.
1916. Begins teaching at the Liszt Academy on a contractual basis. The following year he submits a comprehensive reform plan.
1919. Appointed director of the Liszt Academy. In the same month he assumes leadership of the Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra due to the illness of István Kerner.
1919. April. Participates in the newly-formed musical directorate with Bartók and Kodály.
Divorces Elza Kunwald and marries Elza Galafrés. 1919. July. Travels to Norway.
1919. September. Is officially called back to Budapest. By the time of his arrival, he learns he has been suspended from his position at the Academy. The teachers go on strike in protest.
1920. The government officially dismisses him from his state-appointed position. Dohnányi performs a concert series of Beethoven's complete works for solo piano, piano concerti, and chamber works. Performs as many as 120 concerts per season.
1921-1927. Extensive annual concert tours of the United States.
1922. The former University of Kolozsvár, relocated to Szeged, awards him an honorary doctorate.
1925. Named music director of the New York State Symphony Orchestra.
1928. Returns to the Liszt Academy as head of the piano and composition master classes.
1931. Named director of the Music Department of the Hungarian Radio.
1934. July Reappointed director of the Liszt Academy. 1936. Receives the French Legion of Honor.
1941. Resigns from his position as director of the Liszt Academy due to the dismissal of György Faragó; temporarily continues to oversee his administrative duties. Resigns from his position as president and music director of the Philharmonic Society Orchestra, but the general assembly induces him to stay.
1943. May Permanently leaves the Liszt Academy.
1944. Disbands the Philharmonic Society Orchestra in protest of anti-Jewish legislation. 1944. November. Appears with Ede Zathureczky at Szálasi's mandatory Cultural Conference. Leaves Hungary permanently on Nov. 24th. Travels first to Vienna, then to Neukirchen-am-Wald in Upper Austria with Ilona Zachár and her two children.
1946. Performs his last Beethoven cycle in Vienna. First post-war concert tour of England.
1947. Extensive concert tour of Great Britain.
1948. Arrives in Argentina. He is invited to teach at the Music Academy in Tucuman.
1948. First post-war American concert tour.
1949. Divorces Elza Galafrés and marries Ilona Zachár.
1949. Assumes a position on the faculty of the Florida State University, Tallahassee.
1954. Is awarded an honorary doctorate from Ohio University, Athens.
1955. Assumes American citizenship. 1956. Performs at the Edinburgh Festival.
1957. Is awarded an honorary doctorate from the Florida State University.
1960. February 9. Dies in New York.