Erwin Bodky
Crop of Bodky at the Berlin Musical Instrument Museum, with a piano that belonged to Carl Maria von Weber. Photo courtesy of Mark Lindley.
Bodky at the Berlin Musical Instrument Museum, with a piano that belonged to Carl Maria von Weber. Photo courtesy of Mark Lindley.
FOCUS
Music
ROLE
Guest Faculty
ATTENDANCE
1945 - 1949
BIRTH
1896-03-07
East Prussia
DEATH
1958-12-06
Lucerne, Switzerland
German-American music scholar, Erwin Bodky, was known as a child prodigy on the piano by the age of 12. His his later music education included degrees from the Preussiche Hochschule für Musik and the Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin.
There are many great resources online about Bodky's music, scholarly research, and personal life. At Black Mountain College, Bodky was guest faculty in music for the 1945, 1947, 1948, and 1949 summer sessions.
Relationships
Wife: Fellow BMC faculty, Lilli Bodky
Child: BMC student, Angelica Bodky