Busoni and the Piano - The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings

?This volume is decidely a labor of love.... The work is not merely a catalog of all the piano compositions (solo, four hands, two pianos, piano and orchestra, arrangements, transcriptions, hybrid works, unpublished works) as the title might imply, but a vast descriptive, critical, and sometimes analytical essay. The splendid, many-faceted treatment was almost necessary if the author were to fulfill his aim to throw some light on Busoni's thought processes as a composer and performer and to interest pianists in performing Busoni, ' He thus treats many areas of the composer's work, such as his theory of notation, his compositional growth, etc. Essential for academic music collections.?-Library Journal

Product details

• Authors: Larry Sitsky
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.06.1986
• EAN: 9780313236716
• ISBN: 978-0-313-23671-6
• No. of pages: 423
• Weight: 851 g
• Series: Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology; MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard, Keyboard instruments, Popular Culture: Music and Performing Arts