Ferruccio Busoni

Biography by Uncle Dave Lewis

Italo-German composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) was a titanic piano virtuoso and an architect of European modernism.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Chaconne, transcription for piano in D minor (after J. S. Bach, BWV 1004), KiV B24	1893	Keyboard
Elegien, suite of elegies (6) for piano, KiV 249	1907	Keyboard
Sonatina sopra Carmen, for piano (No. 6), KiV 284	1920	Keyboard
Berceuse élégiaque, for orchestra, Op. 42, KiV 252a	1909	Orchestral
Piano Concerto, for piano & orchestra with male chorus in C major, Op. 39, KiV 247	1901	Concerto
Turandot Suite, for orchestra, Op. 41, KiV 248	1904	Orchestral
Fantasia contrappuntistica (III), for 2 pianos, KiV 256b	1921	Keyboard
Doktor Faust, opera in 8 scenes (unfinished), KiV 303	1916	Opera
Toccatas, transcriptions (2) for piano in D minor & C major (BWV 564/565; BBGA 7/3), KiV B29	1899	Keyboard
Ich ruf' zu dir, transcription for piano (after J.S. Bach, BWV 639; Ten Chorale Preludes No. 5), KiV B27/5	1898	Keyboard
Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in E minor, Op. 36a, KiV 244	1898	Chamber Music
Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, transcription for piano (after J. S. Bach, BWV 659; Ten Chorale Preludes No. 3), KiV B27/3	1898	Keyboard
Toccata: Preludio, Fantasia, Ciaccona, for piano, KiV 287	1920	Keyboard
Fantasia nach J. S. Bach, for piano, KiV 253	1909	Keyboard
Chorale Preludes (10), transcriptions for piano (after J. S. Bach), KiV B27	1898	Keyboard
Praeludium & Fuge, transcription for piano in D major (after J. S. Bach, BWV 532), KiV B20	1888	Keyboard
Sonatina ad usum infantis, for piano (No.3), KiV 268	1915	Keyboard
Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, transcription for piano (after J. S. Bach, BWV 734; Ten Chorale Preludes No. 4), KiV B27/4	1898	Keyboard
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, transcription for piano (after J. S. Bach, BWV 645; Ten Chorale Preludes No. 2), KiV B27/2	1898	Keyboard
Fantasia contrappuntistica (I), for piano ("Edizione definitiva"), KiV 256	1910	Keyboard