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Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni , 1866-1924, Italian pianist and composer. A child prodigy, he gave a concert in Trieste at the age of eight, which was followed by many appearances conducting and performing his own compositions. His style of piano playing was similar to that of Liszt, whom he greatly admired. He later taught at the conservatories in Helsinki and Moscow and from 1891 to 1894 at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. He transcribed for piano many of the organ works of J. S. Bach and edited his Well-tempered Clavier. Busoni's own compositions include piano pieces, a piano... Read more
Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni
...Busoni The Italian musician Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni (1866-1924) was one of the...developments of music were prophetic. Ferruccio Busoni, "Italian by birth and instinct...in English, Edward J. Dent, Ferruccio Busoni (1933), is very good. The... Read more
Busoni, Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto)
Busoni, Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto) ( b Empoli, 1866; d Berlin, 1924). It. composer, conductor, and pianist. Son of a clarinettist and a pianist, with whom he studied...1915, refusing to enter the belligerent countries, but returned to Berlin 1920. Resumed pianist career despite failing ... Read more

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