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Busoni, Ferruccio 1866 - 1924

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  • Author: Miyamoto, Yumi

  • Last updated:June 1, 2007
  • Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

    A German-Italian composer and pianist. His father was a clarinetist, and his mother was a pianist. He received early musical education and gave his first concert at the age of eight. At that time, Rubinstein also heard Busoni's performance and continued to pay attention to him thereafter.

    After working as a pianist and composer in Vienna and Graz, Brahms's recommendation to meet Reinecke, and there he met Tchaikovsky, Grieg and others. Utilizing his skills as a pianist, Busoni successively undertook the editing and arranging of Bach's works, which sparked debate. He settled in Berlin in 1894 and spent the rest of his life there.

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    Works(87)

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    Romanza e Scherzoso, Concertino Teil II

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    Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Op.39

    Composed in: 1903  Playing time: 1 hr 09 min 00 sec 

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    Konzertstück Op.31a

    Composed in: 1890  Playing time: 20 min 00 sec 

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    Indianische Fantasie Op.44

    Composed in: 1913  Playing time: 23 min 20 sec 

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    Piano Solo (19)

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    Sonate für Klavier Op.20a Kind.204

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    sonatina (6)

    Sonatina No.1 Kind.257

    Composed in: 1910  Playing time: 8 min 10 sec 

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    Sonatina No.2 Kind.259

    Composed in: 1912  Playing time: 8 min 00 sec 

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    Sonatina No.3 "Ad usum infantis" Kind.268

    Composed in: 1915  Playing time: 7 min 50 sec 

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    Sonatina No.4 "In Diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII" Kind.274

    Composed in: 1917  Playing time: 9 min 00 sec 

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    Sonatina No.5 "In Signo Joannis Sebastiani magni" Kind.280

    Composed in: 1918  Playing time: 5 min 40 sec 

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    Sonatina No. 6 super Carmen, "Kammerfantasie" ("Chamber Fantasy") Kind.284

    Composed in: 1920  Playing time: 7 min 30 sec 

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    scherzo (1)

    Scherzo Op.8

    Composed in: 1877  Playing time: 2 min 10 sec 

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    pieces (12)

    Toccata Preludio - Fantasia - Ciaccona Kind.287

    Composed in: 1920  Playing time: 10 min 30 sec 

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    Macchiette Medioevali Op.33 Kind.194

    Composed in: 1882  Playing time: 13 min 10 sec 

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    An die Jugend Kind.254

    Composed in: 1909  Playing time: 25 min 30 sec 

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    Una festa di villaggio Op.9 Kind.185

    Composed in: 1881  Playing time: 21 min 40 sec 

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    Tre pezzi nello stilo antico Op.10

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    Macchiette medioevali

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    3 Morceaux Op.4 - Op.6 Kind.197

    Composed in: 1883  Playing time: 13 min 30 sec 

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    Stücke Op.33b Kind.241

    Composed in: 1895  Playing time: 24 min 20 sec 

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    Cinq pièces Op.3

    Composed in: 1877  Playing time: 10 min 30 sec 

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    Elegien Kind.249,252

    Composed in: 1907  Playing time: 37 min 40 sec 

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    3 Albumblatter Kind.289

    Composed in: 1917  Playing time: 10 min 00 sec 

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    Fünf kurze Stücke zur Pflege des polyphonen Spiels Kind.296

    Composed in: 1923  Playing time: 16 min 20 sec 

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    suite (1)

    Suite Campestre Op.18 Kind.81

    Composed in: 1878  Playing time: 10 min 20 sec 

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    etude (6)

    6 Etudes Op.16 Kind.203

    Composed in: 1883  Playing time: 20 min 30 sec 

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    Etude. Tema e Variazioni Op.17 Kind.206

    Composed in: 1884  Playing time: 9 min 00 sec 

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    Prélude et Étude en arpéges Kind.297

    Composed in: 1923  Playing time: 8 min 40 sec 

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    Klavierübung

    Composed in: 1925 

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    prelude (3)

    Prelude and Fugue Op.21

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    24 Preludi Op.37 Kind.181

    Composed in: 1880  Playing time: 53 min 20 sec 

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    fantasy (1)

    Fantasia contrappuntistica

    Composed in: 1921  Playing time: 30 min 30 sec 

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    variation (2)

    Variationen und Fuge in freier Form über Fr.Chopins, Praludium Op.22 Kind.213

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    cadenza (9)

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    menuetto (1)

    Minuetto Op.14

    Composed in: 1878 

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    waltz (1)

    Tanzwalzer Op.53

    Composed in: 1920  Playing time: 8 min 30 sec 

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    other dances (3)

    Danze antiche Op.11

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    Danza notturna Op.13

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    2 Dance Pieces Op.30a Kind.235a

    Composed in: 1890  Playing time: 6 min 00 sec 

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    nocturne (1)

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    character pieces (6)

    Racconti Fantastici Op.12 Kind.100

    Composed in: 1878  Playing time: 2 min 50 sec 

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    Scena di ballo No.1 Op.6

    Composed in: 1884  Playing time: 3 min 30 sec 

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    Ballettszene Nr.2 Op.20 Kind.209

    Composed in: 1884  Playing time: 5 min 30 sec 

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    Ballettszene Nr.4 "In Form eines Concert-Walzers" Op.33a Kind.238

    Composed in: 1892  Playing time: 7 min 30 sec 

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    Nuit de noël Kind.251

    Composed in: 1908  Playing time: 4 min 30 sec 

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    Reduction/Arrangement (8)

    Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ BWV 639

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    Nun Komm'der Heiden Heiland BWV 659

    Playing time: 5 min 10 sec 

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    10 Chorale preludes (J.S.Bach)

    Playing time: 22 min 30 sec 

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    Fantasia nach J.S.Bach Kind.253

    Composed in: 1909  Playing time: 14 min 00 sec 

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    Lizst-Busoni Sechs Etüden nach Paganini

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    transcription (11)

    Mephisto waltz No.1 (Liszt)

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    Klavierstück Op.11-2 (Schönberg)

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    Toccata, Adagio und Fuge BWV 564

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    Toccata und Fuge (J.S.Bach) BWV 565

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    Prelude and Fugue , BWV 552, "St. Anne" (J.S.Bach) BWV 552

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    Symphonie Nr.30 K.202 (186b)

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    Symphonie Nr.32 (Mozart) K.318

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    Symphonie Nr.37 (Mozart) K.444

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    Various works (1)

    Perpetuum mobile Kind.293

    Composed in: 1922  Playing time: 3 min 30 sec 

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    prelude and fuga (1)

    Praeludium und Fuge (J.S.Bach) BWV 532

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    Piano Ensemble (2)

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    Various works (5)

    Fantasia Contrapuntisca

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    Duettino concertante nach der Finale aus Mozarts Klavierkonzert Nr.19

    Composed in: 1919  Playing time: 7 min 00 sec 

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    Finnlandische Volksweisen Op.27

    Composed in: 1889  Playing time: 11 min 00 sec 

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    Chamber Music (2)

    sonata (1)

    Violin Sonata No.1 Op.29 BV 234

    Key: e-moll  Composed in: 1890  Playing time: 25 min 00 sec 

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    Reduction/Arrangement (1)

    Rhapsody Espagnole (Liszt)

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