Busoni as pianist

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So many-sided were Ferruccio Busoni's accomplishments--as a composer, an author, a pedagogue, and a philosopher--that even his most important biographers have cast only a cursory glance at the pianistic aspect of Busoni's fascinating career. Grigory Kogan.

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

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxii, 172 pages) : : music

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781580467568, 1580467563, 9781571138132, 1571138137, 9781782045748, 1782045740
oclc:ocn719388594
LC Classification:ML410.B98
Dewey Decimal:786.2092

Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: Grigory Kogan: his life and times -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Busoni's childhood and youth, 1866-88 -- Chapter 2. Finland and Moscow, 1889-94 -- Chapter 3. Berlin: Busoni's emergence as a great pianist -- Chapter 4. Busoni's technique: piano orchestration, tone production -- Chapter 5. Busoni's repertoire: an anti-Romantic approach -- Chapter 6. Busoni's interpretation of Beethoven, Liszt, and Chopin -- Chapter 7. Busoni's interpretations. Textural liberties -- Chapter 8. Busoni's interpretations of Bach. Articulation.

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Biographies Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers … Busoni, Ferruccio Italy Klavierspiel LITERARY CRITICISM -- European MUSIC -- Musical Instruments Pianistes -- Biographies. -- Italie Pianists Pianists -- Biography. -- Italy