DEZSŐ D'ANTALFFY-ZSIROSS: "THE ISLAND OF THE DEAD" - XAVER VARNUS (ORGAN) 

Dezső d'Antalffy-Zsiross: Tone Poem After Arnold Böcklin's Picture: "Toteninsel" ("The Island Of The Dead"):
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Xaver Varnus plays the great organ of the Palace of Arts in Budapest. Recorded live.
Dezso d'Antalffy-Zsiross (July 24, 1885, Nagybecskerek, Hungary (now Serbia) 
- April 29, 1945, Denville, USA) was the greatest Hungarian organist, studied with, among others Max Reger, Karl Straube and Enrico Bossi.

In Budapest, besides being the resident organist of the Saint Stephen's Basilica, Dezső d'Antalffy-Zsiross also taught organ at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. He moved to the USA in 1926 where he worked as the theater organist of Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center, and as the organist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
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