Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary figures of his time, and he was a sought-after keyboard instructor and a teacher of composition. From an early age, Busoni was an outstanding, if sometimes controversial, pianist. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory and then with Wilhelm Mayer and Carl Reinecke. After brief periods teaching in Helsinki, Boston, and Moscow, he devoted himself to composing, teaching, and touring as a virtuoso pianist in Europe and the United States. His writings on music were influential, and covered not only aesthetics but considerations of microtones and other innovative topics. He was based in Berlin from 1894 but spent much of World War I in Switzerland. He began composing in his early years in a late romantic style, but after 1907, when he published his Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music, he developed a more individual style, often with elements of atonality. His visits to America led to interest in North American indigenous tribal melodies which were reflected in some of his works. His compositions include works for piano, among them a monumental Piano Concerto, and transcriptions of the works of others, notably Johann Sebastian Bach (published as the Bach-Busoni Editions). He also wrote chamber music, vocal and orchestral works, and operas—one of which, Doktor Faust, he left unfinished when he died, in Berlin, at the age of 58. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-39339 | 10-in. | 9/28/1927 | Ecossaises | Myrtle C. Eaver | Piano solo | arranger | |
Victor | BVE-58689 | 10-in. | 3/4/1930 | Paganini etude in E flat major | Vladimir Horowitz | Piano solo | arranger | |
Victor | CS-023628 | 12-in. | 6/24/1938 | Chaconne | Johanna Harris | Piano solo | arranger | |
Victor | CS-023629 | 12-in. | 6/24/1938 | Chaconne | Johanna Harris | Piano solo | arranger | |
Victor | CS-023630 | 12-in. | 6/24/1938 | Chaconne | Johanna Harris | Piano solo | arranger | |
Victor | CS-023631 | 12-in. | 6/24/1938 | Chaconne | Johanna Harris | Piano solo | arranger | |
Columbia | W148453 | 10-in. | 4/18/1929 | Organ choral prelude (Ich rufe zu dir) | Gunnar Johansen | Piano solo | arranger | |
Columbia | W98743 | 12-in. | 10/13/1931 | Toccata and fugue in D minor for organ (1st half) | Percy Grainger | Piano solo | arranger | |
Columbia | W98744 | 12-in. | 10/13/1931 | Toccata and fugue in D minor for organ (Completion) | Percy Grainger | Piano solo | arranger | |
Columbia | 75058 | 12-in. | 2/27/1922 | Écossaises | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 75059 | 12-in. | 2/27/1922 | Etude in G flat, op. 10 | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 75060 | 12-in. | 2/27/1922 | Prelude in A major, op. 28 | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76699 | 12-in. | either November 18 or 19, 1919 | Prelude, no. 1 | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76700 | 12-in. | November 18 or 19, 1919 | Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 9 in E-flat major, KV 271 (exceprt) | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76701 | 12-in. | November 18 or 19, 1919 | Valse de l'opéra Faust | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76702 | 12-in. | either November 18 or 19, 1919 | Organ chorale prelude "Rejoice, beloved Christians" BWV 734 | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano, arranger | |
Columbia | 76703 | 12-in. | either November 18 or 19, 1919 | Nocturne in F sharp major | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76704 | 12-in. | either November 18 or 19, 1919 | Hungarian rhapsody no. 13 in A minor G244, part 1 | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76705 | 12-in. | either November 18 or 19, 1919 | Hungarian rhapsody no. 13 in A minor G244, part 2 | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76706 | 12-in. | November 18 or 19, 1919 | Annés de Pèlerinage : Deuxième anné Italie, G 161 no. 6 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76707 | 12-in. | November 18 or 19, 1919 | Valse oubliee G 215 | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76708 | 12-in. | November 18 or 19, 1919 | Études d'exécution transcendente d'après Paganini G 140 no. 5 : La chasse | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76709 | 12-in. | either November 18 or 19, 1919 | Etude in e minor | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia | 76710 | 12-in. | November 18 or 19, 1919 | Piano sonata no. 1 in C major, op. 24 : Finale, presto | Ferruccio Busoni | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gramophone | 0B6196 | 10-in. | 5/6/1934 | Choral prelude : Rejoice, beloved Christians | Vladimir Horowitz | Piano solo | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Busoni, Ferruccio," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102577.
Busoni, Ferruccio. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102577.
"Busoni, Ferruccio." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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