Title: Busoni the composer /
Authors: Beaumont, Antony.
Date: 1985
Publisher: Indiana University Press,
Physical description: 408 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., music ; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: M
Contents: Section one : The composer. Section two : From the Rubinstein Prize to the Outline of a new aesthetic of music (1890-1905): Beginnings. Konzertstücke ; Violin concerto ; Comedy overture -- In memoriam. Second violin sonata ; Improvisation on 'Wie wohl ist mir' -- The piano concerto -- The music for Turandot. Section three : The outline of a new aesthetic of music. Section four : The radical years (1907-15): Elegies. 6 elegies ; 'Nuit de Noël' ; 'Berceuse' -- Die Brautwahl. Die Brautwahl ; Die Brautwahl Suite ; Grausige Historie -- Epitaphs. Fantasia after J.S. Bach ; Berceuse élégiaque -- New beginnings. An die Jugend ; Sonatina -- The fantasia contrappuntistica -- The occult. Sonatina seconda ; Nocturne symphonique -- The Indians' book. Red Indian fantasy ; Red Indian diary ; Song of the spirit dance. Section five : La nuova commedia dell'arte: Before Arlecchino. Rondò arlecchinesco ; Sonatina ad usum infantis -- Arlecchino -- Before Turandot. Albumleaf for flute and piano -- Turandot -- Arlecchino part II. Section six : Zurich and Berlin (1917-24). Faust unfolds. Sonatina in diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII ; Concertino for clarinet ; 'Lied des Brander' ; 'Lied des Mephistopheles' ; 'Lied des Unmuts' ; Sarabande and Cortège ; Elegy for clarinet ; Divertimento for flute -- In signo Jannis Sebastiani Magni. Fifth sonatina -- Light relief. 'Carmen' fantasy ; 'Die Bekehrte' -- Faust progresses. Toccata ; Tanzwalzer ; Three albumleaves ; Romanza e scherzoso ; 'Ziegeunerlied' ; 'Schlechter Trost' -- The Klavierübung. Perpetuum mobile ; Chopin variations ; Prélude et étude ; Five short pieces for the cultivation of part-playing ; Klavierübung. Section seven : Doktor Faust.
Notes: "Catalogue of Busoni's transcriptions and cadenzas": p. [375]-379. Includes indexes.
Subject headings (LCSH): Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924; Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924--Criticism and interpretation.; Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924. Works.