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His agent, Matyas Esterhazy, added this week on Hungarian TV the player was not looking for a move elsewhere.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
But Lieutenant Colonel Georges Picquart, head of the intelligence services, reinvestigated the case in secret and discovered the handwriting on the incriminating message was that of another officer, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
There, at least, Esterhazy shows some visual confidence in establishing a no-false-moves claustrophobia from this sterile, monochromatic environment, while nurturing a solid message of strength-in-solidarity when Sophia and Vivien team up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2019
Peter Esterhazy, 66, one of Hungary’s most renowned contemporary authors, died Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2016
Haydn directing his opera L’incontro improwiso at the Esterhazy Theatre in 1775.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Franz Joseph Haydn thought of himself as a slave at the castle of the aristocratic Esterházy family; he served as their court composer for decades while he wrote his famous works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Another dessert on the Koloman menu is an Esterházy Torte, a Hungarian cake with 13 layers of almond and hazelnut sponge cake.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023
Along with several others, the tree was brought from the Palace of Versailles by a member of the Esterházy family.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2014
Pohl, closely followed by Haydn's recent biographer, Schmidt, describes Luigia Polzelli as a Neapolitan who was nineteen when she was engaged to sing at the theatre of the Prince Esterházy.
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 by Hughes, Rupert
The summer residence of Prince Nikolaus at Esterházy had been rebuilt, enlarged and was more magnificent than Eisenstadt.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette
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