Busoni as pianist

by Kogan, G., (Grigoriĭ)

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Title Statements

Full title :Busoni as pianist / Grigory Kogan ; translated and annotated by Svetlana Belsky.

Summary

"Ferruccio Busoni is most widely known today as the composer of such works as the Second Violin Sonata. the incidental music for Cozzi's Turandot, and the most monumental piano concerto in the repertory (some eighty minutes long, with male chorus in the finale). But Busoni was also renowned in his day as an author and pedagogue and, most especially, as a pianist. Busoni's recordings of pieces by Chopin and Liszt - and of his own arrangements of keyboard works by Bach and Beethoven - are much prized and studied today by connoisseurs of piano playing. Yet even his most important biographers have cast only a cursory glance at the pianistic aspect of Busoni's fascinating career." "Grigory Kogan's book Busonias Pianist (published in Russian in 1964, and here translated for the first time) was and remains the first and only study to concentrate exclusively on Busoni's contributions to the world of the piano. Busoni as Pianist summarizes reviews of Busoni's playing and his own writings on the subject. It also closely analyzes the surviving piano rolls and recordings, and examines Busoni's editions, arrangements, and pedagogical output. As such, it will be of interest to pianists, teachers and students of the piano, historians, and all who love piano music and the art of piano playing."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Rochester Press
Place of Publication:Rochester, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

Notes

Translated from the Russian.

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 172 pages : : music ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781580463355, 1580463355
oclc:ocn351324483
LC Classification:ML410.B98
Dewey Decimal:786.2092

Busoni's childhood and youth, 1866-88 -- Finland and Moscow, 1889-94 -- Berlin: Busoni's emergence as a great pianist -- Busoni's technique: piano orchestration, tone production -- Busoni's repertoire: an anti-romantic approach -- Busoni's interpretation of Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin -- Busoni's interpretations: textual liberties -- Busoni's interpretations of Bach: articulation -- Rhythm and dynamics -- Busoni's recording of the Liszt's Rigoletto paraphrase -- Technical phrasing -- Technical variants -- Fingering, pedal -- Compositions, transcriptions, editions, teaching, writings -- Busoni's esthetics -- World war I: operas -- Busoni's final years, 1918-1924.