His father, Edward Kilenyi Sr. (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[1] and wrote music for the Sam Fox Publishing Company and over 40 movies from the 1910s-1940s.[2]
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^"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.
edward, kilenyi, 1910, 2000, classical, pianist, born, philadelphia, pennsylvania, 1910, kilenyi, studied, hungary, with, composer, pianist, ernő, dohnányi, franz, liszt, academy, music, earning, diploma, 1930, later, became, professor, music, florida, state, . 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 Erno Dohnanyi 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 Kilenyi at FSUHis father Edward Kilenyi Sr 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 1 and wrote music for the Sam Fox Publishing Company and over 40 movies from the 1910s 1940s 2 References Edit 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 EditEdward 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 nbsp This article about a pianist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Kilenyi Jr amp oldid 1113986402, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
