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  Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy (Paperback) By (author) Kevin Bazzana

  

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  Short Description for Lost GeniusKevin Bazzana's biography of pianist Ervin Nyiregyhzi, a prodigy whose career floundered in adulthood
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  • Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
  • Published: 05 August 2008
  • Format: Paperback 400 pages
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  • Categories: Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups | Keyboard Instruments | Biography: Arts & Entertainment
  • ISBN 13: 9780306817489 ISBN 10: 0306817489
  • Sales rank: 800,978

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• 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.