This is a club for those with an affinity for the Italian pianist-composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924).

This covers Ferruccio Busoni's compositions, performances, details of biography, writings (such as the Sketch for a New Aesthetic of Music), and so forth.

More information on Ferruccio Busoni is available at http://www.michaelsayers.com/ferrucciobusoni.html and http://www.rodoni.ch/busoni

some Busoni programmes:

March 9th, 1904, Music Hall - Chicago
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 (Bach-Busoni)
Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 (Beethoven)
Etudes Op. 25 (Chopin)
Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Brahms)

January 25th, 1910, Carnegie Hall - New York
Chromatic Fantasy and Fague, BWV 903 (J. S. Bach)
In dir ist Freude, BWV 615 (Bach-Busoni)
Nun freut ech lieben Christen, BWV 734 (Bach-Busoni)
Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111 (Beethoven)
Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 (Chopin)
Mephisto Waltz (Liszt-Busoni)
Wedding March and Dance of the Elves (Mendelssohn-Liszt)
Waltz from Faust (Gounod-Liszt)

February 28th, 1911, New England Conservatory of Music - Boston
Four Ballads (Chopin)
Mazeppa, Feux follets, and Etude No. 10 in F Minor from the Transcendental Etudes (Liszt)
Two Legends (Liszt)
Reminiscences de Don Juan (Liszt)

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