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Franklin/Call Street in Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház

 
 
Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház Marker Side 1 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 16, 2016
1. Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház Marker Side 1
Inscription. (Side 1)
This brick home built in 1928 belonged to the renowned Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and professor, Erno Dohnányi. Born in 1877, Dohnányi grew up in Pozsony, now Bratislava. At age 11, he gave his first public performance. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest, where he earned recognition all over Europe including from legendary composer Johannes Brahms. During the early 20th century, Dohnányi taught and performed internationally before returning to Budapest in 1915. While there, he held numerous prestigious positions including Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra Society, and Chief Director of the Academy of Music. He fled Hungary in 1944. Political fallout following the end of World War II in 1945 severely damaged Dohnányi’s reputation. In 1949, he accepted an offer to teach at Florida State University from Dr. Karl Kuersteiner, Dean of the School of Music. Dohnányi and his wife, Ilona, moved into this house in 1951. In Tallahassee, he continued to compose and produced many of his most significant works, including his Stabat Mater and American Rhapsody. Thirty years after his death
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in 1960, the Hungarian government awarded Dohnányi the Kossuth Prize, their highest civilian honor.

(Side 2)
E házban élt Dohnányi Erno, magyar zeneszerzo, zongoramuvész és karmester. Dohnányi 1877-ben született, Pozsonyban nevelkedett. Elso nyilvános koncertjét 11 évesen adta. Késobb a budapesti Magyar Királyi Zeneakadémián tanult, tehetségét Johannes Brahms is méltatta. Európa-szerte ismert muzsikussá vált. A 20. század elején a világ számos országában fellépett és tanított, majd 1915-ben visszatért Budapestre. Itt a város zenei életének irányítójaként a Zeneakadémia foigazgatója és a Filharmóniai Társaság zenekarának elnökkarnagya lett. Hazáját 1944-ben el kellett hagynia. A II. világháborút követo politikai fordulat kikezdte hírnevét. 1949-ben elfogadta Dr. Karl Kuersteiner, a Floridai Egyetem Zenei fakultása dékánjának felkérését, és az egyetem professzora lett. 1951-ben feleségével, Ilonával ebbe a házba költözött. Dohnányi Tallahassee-ben folytatta alkotói munkásságát, több jelentos muve is itt született, köztük a Stabat mater és az Amerikai rapszódia. Harminc évvel 1960-ban bekövetkezett halála után a Magyar Állam Kossuth-díjjal
Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház Marker Side 2 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 16, 2016
2. Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház Marker Side 2
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Erected 2015 by Government of Hungary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-870.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicEducation. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.
 
Location. 30° 26.557′ N, 84° 16.471′ W. Marker is in Tallahassee, Florida, in Leon County. It is in Franklin/Call Street. It is at the intersection of Beverly Court and North Franklin Boulevard, on the left when traveling east on Beverly Court. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 568 Beverly Ct, Tallahassee FL 32301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Florida. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At
Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház Marker with house in the background image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tim Fillmon, June 16, 2016
3. Erno Dohnanyi Residence/Dohnányi Erno ház Marker with house in the background
least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Leon High School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Home of the John G. Riley House (approx. Ľ mile away); John Gilmore Riley House (approx. Ľ mile away); John G. Riley Center & Museum of African American History & Culture (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Knott House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Smokey Hollow Spirit Houses (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Enduring Spirit of Smokey Hollow (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Community Spirit of Smokey Hollow (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tallahassee.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Knott House (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been permanently removed).
 
More about this marker. The reverse side of the marker is in Hungarian.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 14, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 986 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 14, 2020, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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