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Busoni, Ferruccio : Chaconne --6 Solo a violino senza basso accompagnato--(J.S.Bach) d-moll BWV 1004
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Genre：transcription
Total Playing Time：15 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
Original/Related Work： Bach, Johann Sebastian 《Chaconne》
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Author : Yokota, Yuki
Last Updated: December 1, 2006
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Author : Yokota, Yuki
Artur Rubinstein recorded the following in his memoirs about hearing Busoni himself play the Chaconne in Paris: "He clothed the work in rich raiment, adding magnificent accompanying voices to the simple melody and harmony written for the violin. This is a masterpiece of piano music. I believe Bach himself would have approved." Busoni was not only an exceptionally skilled pianist, whom Rubinstein praised as having "demonic technique" and revered as an ideal, but also renowned as a teacher, composer, conductor, theorist, arranger, and editor of Bach's scores.
The original version of the Chaconne is the final movement of Bach's Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin, BWV 1004. A "chaconne" is a dance form originating in 16th-century Spain, characterized by the repetition of a short bass line over which successive variations are developed. Bach's work, which highly refined this form, is no exaggeration to call the pinnacle of the "chaconne" and is one of the most important works in the violin repertoire.
The Chaconne has become an indispensable piece in the repertoire of today's concert pianists, but its significance extends beyond the fact that the original work is an excellent piece that maximized the possibilities of the violin as an instrument. Although Busoni's Bach interpretation is highly distinctive, this arrangement is not only underpinned by such scholarly achievements but also, as mentioned earlier, by Busoni's own excellence as a pianist, composer, and arranger. Due to these various factors, the arranged Chaconne has also become a work that fully utilizes the possibilities and richness of sound of the piano as an instrument.
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