Edward Kilenyi Jr. (1910 – 2000) was a classical pianist. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1910. Kilenyi studied in Hungary with the composer/pianist Ernő Dohnányi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, earning a diploma in 1930. He later became a Professor of Music at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida in 1953, four years after Dohnanyi began teaching there. He died on January 6, 2000. A collection of recordings of his concerts is located at the International Piano Archives at the University of Maryland (IPAM).
His father, Edward Kilenyi Sr. [hu] (1884 – 1968), also a noted musician, arrived in the United States from Hungary in 1908. Kilenyi Sr. taught music to George Gershwin for five years and wrote music for the Sam Fox Publishing Company and over 40 movies from the 1910s-1940s.
References
- "The Ascap Biographical Dictionary of Composers Authors and Publishers Second Edition". Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1952.
- "Edward Kilenyi Sr. biography". Kilenyi Family Archive of the Warren D. Allen Music Library, Florida State University. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
External links
- Edward Kilenyi collection at the International Piano Archives at Maryland. Retrieved 19 Jul 2013.
- Edward Kilenyi's Profile at The Remington Site
- The Edward Kilenyi Archive at the Warren D. Allen Music Library at Florida State University
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