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List of adaptations by Ferruccio Busoni#BVB27

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The composer Ferruccio Busoni produced a large number of adaptations, transcriptions, and editions of works by other composers. He also wrote a number of cadenzas for compositions by other composers. This article presents a complete catalog of these works.

For a complete list of original compositions see Catalog of original compositions by Ferruccio Busoni. For a more selective list of recorded works, see Ferruccio Busoni discography (as composer).

Cadenzas and transcriptions

The letters BV B (Busoni-Verzeichnis Bearbeitung [Busoni Catalog Adaptation]) followed by a number are used for the identification of Busoni's cadenzas and transcriptions.Busoni catalog in Roberge (1991), pp. 8–63. The BV B numbers are based on the first comprehensive catalog of Busoni's works prepared by Kindermann. The letters KiV B are also sometimes used.For examples of the use of the letters KiV see the Musical Heritage Society [http://www.musicalheritage.com/classical_names/list_works/Q%20%20%20%20%207121/CONC web site] (accessed 17 Mar 2009); and this Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Busoni-String-Quartets-Nos-2/dp/B000001RY4/ product page] (accessed 17 Mar 2009). Although Kindermann himself did not specify any letter(s) to be used for referring to his catalog, he has agreed to the use of the abbreviation BV.Letter dated 20 Jan 1981 to Roberge (pp. xix, xxviii) The dates of composition are from KindermannKindermann, pp. 405–459. and Roberge.Roberge, pp. 47–62. For many transcriptions, the date of composition could not be ascertained, and a date "at the latest" was used. This date was determined by the date of publication or first performance, or by some other means. These dates are marked with an asterisk (＊).

Abbreviations: acc., according to; arr., arrangement; SB, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; B&H, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig (unless otherwise indicated); cat., catalog; ded., dedicated to; dur., duration; frag, fragment; fp, first performance; ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Busoni,_Ferruccio score]) or (♫), link to the score of Busoni's adaptation at the International Music Score Library Project; instr., instrumentation; MS, manuscript; pub., published; rev., revised; transcr., transcription or transcribed; unpub., unpublished.

= Cadenzas (BV B 1 to 19) =

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! Date(s) of composition

! Details

BV B 1

| Beethoven

| Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, (1st & 3rd movements) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Cadenza_to_Beethoven%27s_Piano_Concerto%2C_Op.58_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 1890＊

| pub, dedBV B 1: Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (1st & 3rd movements)


Pub: D. Rahter, Hamburg, 1891, No. 3000


        Muzgiz, Moscow, ca. 1960, plate 29666


Ded: Safonov


Free [http://imslp.org/wiki/Cadenza_to_Beethoven%27s_Piano_Concerto%2C_Op.58_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score]

BV B 2

| Beethoven

| Four cadenzas for Piano Concertos No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15; No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37; and No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

| 1900

| pub

BV B 3

| Beethoven

| Three cadenzas for the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

| 1913

| pub, ded

BV B 4

| Beethoven

| Cello cadenza for Busoni's transcription of Adelaide Op. 46, song for voice and piano (transcr. for cello and piano)

| 4 Jul 1915

| unpub; see BV B 48

BV B 5

| Brahms

| Cadenza for the Violin Concerto, Op. 77

| 16 Sep 1913

| pub, ded

BV B 6

| Mozart

| Cadenza for Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

| Childhood

| unpub; lost

BV B 7

| Mozart

| Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

| 1907, 1920

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 8

| Mozart

| Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271

| 1915

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 9

| Mozart

| Cadenza and coda for Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Cadenza_to_Mozart%27s_Piano_Concerto_No.23%2C_K.488_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| Nov 1918

| pub, fp

BV B 10

| Mozart

| Three cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Cadenza_to_Mozart%27s_Piano_Concerto%2C_K._491_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 1918

| pub, fp

BV B 11

| Mozart

| Cadenza for the Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313

| 1 Aug 1919

| ded

BV B 12

| Mozart

| Cadenza for the Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314

| 2 Aug 1919

| ded

BV B 13

| Mozart

| Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467

| Oct 1919

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 14

| Mozart

| Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482

| 26, 29 Oct 1919

| pub

BV B 15

| Mozart

| Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459

| 22, 25 Dec 1920

| pub

BV B 16

| Mozart

| Two cadenzas for Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453

| 29 Aug 1921

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 17

| Mozart

| Cadenza for the Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448

| 16 Nov 1921

| SB335, unpub, fp

BV B 18

| Mozart

| Cadenza for Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503

| 9 Jun 1922

| ms, pubBV B 18: Cadenza for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503


MS: SB339 (two sketch books of Mozart cadenzas)


        SB340 Cadenza del Pianoforte per il Concerto in Do magg.


Pub: B&H, 1923, Klav. Bibl. 25 289


Note: The most extensive and monumental of Busoni's Mozart candenzas, running to 10 pages, it incorporates the fugato from the fourth movement of the Jupiter symphony (also in C major) and continues into the orchestral tutti and to the end of the movement.


Ref: Sitsky, pp. 252, 377; Roberge, p. 49; Beaumont (1987), p. 352.

BV B 19

| Weber

| Two Cadenzas for the Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73

| 18 May 1920

| ms, unpub, dedBV B 19: Two cadenzas for the first and third movements of Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 1


MS: SB318 (sketch), SB319, and SB320. SB318 is in Busoni's hand, but the final versions are copies in an unknown hand (Sitsky, p. 376).


Ded: Edmondo Allegra

= Transcriptions (BV B 20 to 115) =

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These works are transcribed for piano solo, unless otherwise indicated.

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! Composer

! Title

! Date(s) of adaptation

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BV B 20{{Anchor|BVB20}}

| Bach

| Prelude and Fugue in D major for organ, BWV 532 (♫)

| 1888

| pub, fp,ded

BV B 21

| Bach

| Chorale Prelude Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir for organ, BWV 686

| 1880s

| unpub

BV B 22{{Anchor|BVB22}}

| Bach

| Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major for organ, BWV 552 (♫)

| 1890?

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 23{{Anchor|BVB23}}

| Bach

| Inventions and Sinfonias for harpsichord:

  • 15 Inventions, BWV 772–786 (♫)
  • 15 Sinfonias, BWV 787–801 (♫)

| 1891, 1914

| pub, ded

BV B 24{{Anchor|BVB24}}

| Bach

| Chaconne in D minor from Partita No. 2 for violin, BWV 1004 (♫)

| 1893＊

| pub, fp, ded, arr

BV B 25{{Anchor|BVB25}}

| Bach

| The Well-Tempered Clavier for harpsichord:

  • Book I, BWV 846–869 (♫)
  • Book II, BWV 870–893 (♫)

| 1894, 1915

| pub

BV B 26{{Anchor|BVB26}}

| Bach

| Prelude and Fugue in E minor for organ, BWV 533 (♫)

| 1894＊

| pub

BV B 27{{Anchor|BVB27}}

| Bach

| Ten Chorale Preludes for organ (♫):

  1. Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, BWV 667
  2. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
  3. Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
  4. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734
  5. Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
  6. Herr Gott, nun schleuß' den Himmel auf, BWV 617
  7. Durch Adam's Fall:
  8. : a. BWV 637
  9. : b. Fuga, BWV 705
  10. In dir ist Freude, BWV 615
  11. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665

| 1898＊

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 28

| Bach

| Concerto for harpsichord and strings No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052, transcribed for piano and orchestra

| 1899＊

| pub, fp, ded, arr, see BVB 30

BV B 29{{Anchor|BVB29}}

| Bach

| Two Toccatas and Fugues for organ:

  1. Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564 (♫)
  2. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (♫)

| Jun 1899

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 30{{Anchor|BVB30}}

| Bach

| Concerto for harpsichord and strings No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052, transcribed for two pianos (♫)

| 1900＊

| pub, fp, ded, arr. of BV B 28

BV B 31{{Anchor|BVB31}}

| Bach

| Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue for harpsichord, BWV 903 (♫)

| 1902＊

| pub, fp

BV B 32{{Anchor|BVB32}}

| Bach

|

| May 1914

| pub

BV B 33{{Anchor|BVB33}}

| Bach

| Four Duets for organ and/or keyboard from Clavier-Übung III, BWV 802-805 (♫)

| Jun 1914

| pub

BV B 34{{Anchor|BVB34}}

| Bach

| Capriccio on the departure of a beloved brother in B-flat major for harpsichord, BWV 992 (♫)

| Jul 1914

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 35{{Anchor|BVB35}}

| Bach

| Goldberg Variations for harpsichord, BWV 988 (♫)

| Aug 1914

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 36{{Anchor|BVB36}}

| Bach

| Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major for solo lute, BWV 998 (♫)

| 1914＊

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 37{{Anchor|BVB37}}

| Bach

| Fantasia, Adagio e Fuga (♫), after:

  1. Fantasy for harpsichord BWV 906/1
  2. Adagio for harpsichord BWV 968
  3. Fugue for harpsichord BWV 906/2 (completed by Busoni)

| 1915＊

| pub, fp

BV B 38{{Anchor|BVB38}}

| Bach

| Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue for harpsichord, BWV 903, transcribed for cello and piano

| 1915

| pub, ded

BV B 39{{Anchor|BVB39}}

| Bach

| Three Toccatas for keyboard or organ:

  1. in E minor, BWV 914
  2. in G minor, BWV 915
  3. in G major, BWV 916

| Aug 1916

| pub, ded

BV B 40{{Anchor|BVB40}}

| Bach

| Canonic Variations and Fugue, selected from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079

| Sep 1916

| pub, ded

BV B 41{{Anchor|BVB41}}

| Bach

| Fantasy and Fugue in A minor for harpsichord, BWV 904

| 1917

| pub, ded

BV B 42{{Anchor|BVB42}}

| Bach

| Fantasie, Fuge, Andante und Scherzo (♫), after following doubtful works for keyboard (all of them in Anh. II in BWV2a):

  1. Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 905
  2. Andante in G minor, BWV 969
  3. Scherzo in D minor, BWV 844

| 1917

| pub

BV B 43{{Anchor|BVB43}}

| Bach

| Sarabande con Partite in C major (doubtful) for harpsichord, BWV 990 (♫)

| 1921

| pub

BV B 44{{Anchor|BVB44}}

| Bach

| Aria variata alla maniera italiana in A minor for harpsichord, BWV 989 (♫)

| 1921

| pub

BV B 45{{Anchor|BVB45}}

| Bach

| Chaconne in D minor from Partita No. 2 for violin, BWV 1004, transcribed for orchestra

| not known

| SB212 (sketches), unpub, instrBV B 45: Chaconne in D minor for violin, BWV 1004


Instr: 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (bass clarinet), 3 bassoons; 2 horns, [?] tuba; strings

BV B 46

| Bach

| Two Chorale Preludes for organ

| not known

| ms (sketches, frag), unpub

BV B 47{{Anchor|BVB47}}

| Beethoven

| Écossaises for piano, WoO 83 ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Editions_-_Beethoven:_Éccosaises_(WoO_83),_BV_B_47_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| 1888

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 48

| Beethoven

| Adelaide, Op. 47. Song for voice and piano (transcr. for cello and piano)

| 1915

| ms (lost), unpub, ded, arr, see BV B 4

BV B 49

| Beethoven

| "Benedictus" from the Missa Solemnis (transcr. for violin and orchestra), Op. 123

| 1916

| pub, arr

BV B 50{{Anchor|BVB50}}

| Brahms

| Six Chorale Preludes for organ, Op. 122

| 1902

| pub, fp

BV B 51

| Chopin

| Polonaise in A-flat major for piano, Op. 53

| 1909

| pub, ded

BV B 52

| Cornelius

| Fantasie über Motive aus "Der Barbier von Bagdad" (opera)

| Dec 1886

| MS, pubBV B 52: Fantasie über Motive aus (der Oper) "Der Barbier von Bagdad" for piano


Comp: Dec 1886 (Beaumont)


MS: G. Ricordi, Milan (acc. Beaumont; Sitsky does not include it in his list of autographs at G. Ricordi on p. 381).


Pub: C. F. Kahnt, Leipzig, Nr. 2880


Note: Beaumont includes this work in his list of original compositions and does not regard it as an adaptation.


Ref: Dent, pp. 66–67; Sitsky, pp. 283–84, 369; Beaumont (1987), p. 24; Beaumont (1985), p. 366; Roberge, p. 54.


BV B 53

| Cramer

| Eight Etudes for piano

| 1897＊

| pub, ded

BV B 54

| Gade

| Novelette for piano, violin, and cello, Op. 29 (transcr. for 2 pianos)

| 1889＊

|

BV B 55

| Goldmark

| Concert Fantasy on Motives from "Merlin" for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcriptions_-_Goldmark:_Motives_from_the_Opera_Merlin,_BV_B_55_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| May 1887

| pub

BV B 56

| Goldmark

| Merlin: Opera in Three Acts

| 1888＊

| pub

BV B 57

| Liszt

| Coeli enarrant: Psalm 18 (S.14) for male chorus and orchestra (transcr. for two pianos four hands)

| 1880s

| SB203 (frag), unpub.

BV B 58

| Liszt

| Rhapsodie espagnole (Folies d'Espagne et Jota aragonese) (S.254) for piano (transcr. for piano and orchestra)

| 1894＊

| pub, instr, fp, ded, arr

BV B 59{{Anchor|BVB59}}

| Liszt

| Fantasy and Fugue on the Chorale "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam" (S.259) for organ ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcriptions_-_Liszt:_Fantasy_and_Fugue_on_%27Ad_nos,_ad_salutarum_undam%27_for_Organ_(S.259),_BV_B_59_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| 1897＊

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 60

| Liszt

| Hungarian Rhapsody No. 20 (S.242, no. 20) for piano

| ca. 1900

| MS, unpub.BV B 60: Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 20 for piano


MS: SB228 (N. Mus. Nachl. 4, 87)


MS Title: 20. Ungedruckte Ungar. Rhapsodie von Franz Liszt


Note: Copy, with almost no editing, of no. 20 from the Magyar Rhapsodiak, Rhapsodies hongroise (S.242, no. 20); based on a manuscript copy in the Liszt Museum in Weimar in Joachim Raff's hand; the Liszt autograph is in the Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. Raff's copy is presently in the Nationale Forschungs- und Gedenkstatten der klassischen deutschen Literatur in Weimar (Ms 110, 12). At the time that Busoni copied it, the piece had not been published. He may have intended on publishing an edition, but later abandoned it. The work was eventually published: Universal Edition, Nov 1936, ed. by Dr. Octavian Beu (Sitsky, pp. 241–242). See also [http://imslp.org/wiki/Magyar_Dalok%2C_S.242_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score]

BV B 61{{Anchor|BVB61}}

| Liszt

| Mephisto Waltz from Deux Épisodes d'apres le Faust de Lenau (S.110 no. 2) for orchestra ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcriptions_-_Liszt:_Mephisto_Waltz_(S.110),_BV_B_61_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| Mar 1904

| pub, fp, ded

BV B 62

| Liszt

| Heroic March in Hungarian Style (S.231) for piano

| 1905＊

| pub, ded

BV B 63

| Liszt

| Sonetto 104 di Petrarca: "Pace non trovo" (S.270, no. 1) for tenor and piano (transcr. for tenor and orchestra)

| Dec 1907

| pub, instr, fp, dedBV B 63: Liszt: Sonetto 104 di Petrarca for tenor and orchestra


Pub: G. Schirmer, New York, 1911


Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 3 trombones; tympani, harp; tenor; strings


First performance: Berlin, Beethovensaal, 3 Jan 1908; Felix Senius, tenor; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ferruccio Busoni, conductor


Ded: Felix Senius

BV B 64

| Liszt

| Polonaise No. 2 in E major (S.223) for piano

| 1909＊

| pub, dedBV B 64: Liszt: Polonaise No. 2 in E major for piano


Original title: Franz Liszt. Polonaise No. 2. E Dur. Nouvelle Edition, augmentée d'une cadence finale, par Ferruccio Busoni


Note: Busoni's primary contribution, as the original title implies, was to replace Liszt's last 26 bars with a new 39-bar cadenza-finale "bristling with difficulties, but enormously effective and exciting, as anyone who has heard the piano roll played by Busoni can testify. There is no harmonic audacity in Busoni's cadenza; he remains within the stylistic language of the Polonaise, but the lightning leggiero runs, the brio staccato octaves in the left hand and the direction brilliantissimo are devices characteristic of Busoni's own piano writing, as well as blending with the Liszt romantic gesture." (Sitsky, pp. 236–237)


Pub: Simrock, Berlin, 1909, No. 12 604


        Musical Scope Publishers, New York, 1975, ed. David Doscher (cadenza only)


Ded: George Boyle

BV B 65

| Liszt

| Saint François d'Assise: La Prédication aux oiseaux (S.175, no. 1) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Deux_Legendes%2C_S.175_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

| ca. 1910

| MS (lost)BV B 65: Liszt: Saint François d'Assise: La Prédication aux oiseaux


Free [http://imslp.org/wiki/Deux_Legendes%2C_S.175_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score] (Liszt)

BV B 66{{Anchor|BVB66}}

| Liszt

| Fantasy on Two Motives from W. A. Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" (S.697) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcriptions_-_Liszt:_Fantasy_on_2_Motives_from_Mozart%27s_Marriage_of_Figaro,_BV_B_66_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| 11 Jul 1912

| pub, fp, dedBV B 66: Liszt: Fantasy on Two Motives from W. A. Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"


MS: SB274 Fantasie über Mozart's Figaro. Franz Liszt


Pub: B&H, 1912, EB 3830


Original title: Franz Liszt. Fantasie über zwei Motive aus W. A. Mozarts Die Hochzeit des Figaro. Nach dem fast vollendeten Originalmanuskript ergänzt und Moriz Rosenthal zugeeignet von Ferruccio Busoni


Free [http://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasie_über_zwei_Motive_aus_Mozart%27s_Figaro%2C_S.697_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score] (Liszt-Busoni)


Ded: Moriz Rosenthal


See Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni

BV B 67{{Anchor|BVB67}}

| Liszt

| Etude No. 6 (in A minor) after Paganini (S.141, no. 6) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 1 Aug 1913

| ms, pub, dedBV B 67: Liszt: Etude No. 6 (in A minor) after Paganini


MS: SB278 Paganini-Liszt. Thema mit Variationen. Eine Transcrip. Studie


Pub: B&H, 1914, EB 4360


        B&H, 1925, in Klavierübung in ten books, vol. 10 (see BV A  7)


Title (1914): Paganini-Liszt Thema mit Variationen. Etüde No. 6. Eine Transkription-Studie von Ferrucio Busoni. Bearb. Ausgabe für Studium und Konzert.


Ded: Ignaz Friedman


Note: This transcription is more free than those of the other Paganini etudes; it is marked as a free arrangement in the Klavierübung edition.


Free [http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score]


Ref: Roberge, pp. 56–57; Sitsky, pp. 223–226, 374.

BV B 68{{Anchor|BVB68}}

| Liszt

| Etude No. 3 "La Campanella" (in G-sharp minor) after Paganini (S.141, no. 3) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 1915

| pub, dedBV B 68: Liszt: Etude No. 3 "La Campanella" (in G-sharp minor) after Paganini


Pub: B&H, 1916, EB 4839


        B&H, 1925, in Klavierübung in ten books, vol. 10 (see BV A  7)


        B&H, Wiesbaden, 1944


Title (1916): Franz Liszt. La Campanella. Etüde nach Paganinis Rondo für Pianoforte. Bearbeitete Ausgabe für Studium und Konzert.


Ded: Leopold Godowsky


Note: The transcription of "La Campanella" is the most famous and most often played of the Paganini etude transcriptions by Busoni. Some of the changes he made to the Liszt original were drawn from the first (1832) version by Liszt (S.420).


Free [http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score]


Ref: Roberge, p. 57; Sitsky, pp. 219–220.

BV B 69

| Liszt

| Valse oubliée No. 1 (S.215) for piano (transcr. for cello and piano)

| 1915

| pub: B&H, 1917

BV B 70

| Liszt

| Etude No. 2 (in E-flat major) after Paganini (S.141, no. 2) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 22 Sep 1916

| pubBV B 70: Liszt: Etude No. 2 (in E-flat major) after Paganini


MS: SB302 Liszt-Busoni. Andantino capriccioso


Pub: B&H, 1917, EB 4958


        B&H, 1925, in Klavierübung in ten books, vol. 10 (see BV A  7)


Title (1917): Liszt-Busoni. Andantino capriccioso. Etüde Nr. 2. Nach Paganinis Capricen. Piano Solo. Bearb. Ausgabe für Studium und Konzert.


Note: The first edition reproduces the Liszt original on two staves above the Busoni version. Busoni made several changes to heighten effectiveness. One alteration to an arpeggio passage is based on Liszt's earlier 1838 version (S.140). He also provides a new coda of only four measures, shorter than Liszt's original by five. In the Klavierübung edition the Liszt version is omitted.


Free [http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score]


Ref: Roberge, p. 57; Sitsky, pp. 217–219, 374.

BV B 71

| Liszt

| Réminiscences de Don Juan (S.420) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Editions_-_Liszt:_Réminiscences_de_Don_Juan_(S.418),_BV_B_71_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| 9 Jun 1917

| pub, dedBV B 71: Réminiscences de Don Juan for piano


Pub: B&H, 1918, EB 4960


Ded: Ernst Lochbrunner


Free [http://imslp.org/wiki/Réminiscences_de_Don_Juan_de_Mozart%2C_S.418_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score]


Ref: Roberge, p. 57; Sitsky, pp. 230–232.

BV B 72{{Anchor|BVB72}}

| Liszt

| Totentanz (S.126) for piano and orchestra

| 21 Nov 1918

| pub, dedBV B 72: Totentanz


Note: edition of Liszt's first version (21 Oct 1849)


Pub: B&H, 1919, Part. B. 2483


Ded: Bruno Schrader

BV B 73

| Liszt

| Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 for piano

| 1920＊

| pub

BV B 74

| Liszt

| Etude No. 4 (in E major) after Paganini (S.141, no. 4) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 1921＊

| pub

BV B 75

| Liszt

| Etude No. 1 (in G minor) after Paganini (S.141, no. 1) for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 1923＊

|

BV B 76

| Liszt

| Etude No. 5 (in E major) after Paganini (S.141, no. 5) "La Chasse" for piano ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcription_of_Liszt%27s_Etudes_nach_Paganini%2C_S.141_%28Busoni%2C_Ferruccio%29 score])

| 20 May 1923

| ms, pub

BV B 77

| Mendelssohn

| Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11 (transcr. for two pianos eight hands) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcriptions_-_Mendelssohn:_Symphony_No.1_for_2_Pianos_8_Hands,_BV_B_77_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| 1890＊

| pub

BV B 78

| Mozart

| Symphony No. 30 in D major, K. 202

| 1888＊

| pub

BV B 79

| Mozart

| Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318

| 1888＊

| pub

BV B 80

| Mozart

| Symphony No. 37 in G major, K. 444

| 1888＊

| pub

BV B 81

| Mozart

| Overture to "Die Entführung aus dem Serail," K. 384 (transc. for orchestra; concert ending)

| 1904＊

| pub, ded, fp

BV B 82

| Mozart

| Overture to "Don Giovanni," K. 527 (transc. for orchestra; concert ending)

| 1904＊

| pub, fp

BV B 83

| Mozart

| Overture to "Die Zauberflöte," K. 620 (transc. for pianola)

| ca. 1908

| ms (lost)

BV B 84{{Anchor|BVB84}}

| Mozart

| Andantino from the Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcriptions_-_Mozart:_Andantino_from_Piano_Concerto_No.9_(K.271),_BV_B_84_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| 1913＊

| pub, ded, fp

BV B 85

| Mozart

| Concert Suite from "Idomeneo," K. 366 (transcr. for orchestra)

| 1918

| pub, ded, instr

BV B 86

| Mozart

| Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482

| 1919

| SB310 (lost)

BV B 87

| Mozart

| Rondo concertante after the Finale of the Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 (transcr. for piano and orchestra)

| Dec 1919

| SB312, pub

BV B 88

| Mozart

| Duettino concertante after the Finale of the Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 (transcr. for two pianos four hands) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcriptions_-_Mozart:_Duettino_Concertante_for_2_pianos,_BV_B_88_(Busoni,_Ferruccio) score])

| Dec 1919

| SB313, pub, fp

BV B 89

| Mozart

| Sonata in D major, K. 448 and Fugue in C minor, K. 426 for two pianos four hands

| 1921

| ms (lost)?

BV B 90

| Mozart

| Adagio from the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622 (transcr. for clarinet and orchestra)

| 1920＊

| pub, ded, fp

BV B 91

| Mozart

| Fantasy in F minor for a Mechanical Clock, K. 608 (transc. for two pianos four hands)

| 23 Jan 1922

| pub, ded, fp

BV B 92

| Mozart

| Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 (transcr. for piano and orchestra)

| 1922

| SB341, unpub

BV B 93

| Mozart

| Overture to "Die Zauberflöte," K. 620 (transcr. for two pianos four hands)

| 3 Jun 1923

| pub

BV B 94

| Mozart

| Fugue from the String Quartet in C minor, K. 546

| ca. 1888

| SB259 (frag)

BV B 95

| Nováček, O.

| Scherzo from the String Quartet No. 1 in E minor

| 1892＊

| pub, ded

BV B 96

| Nováček, R.

| Waltz Suite

| ca. 1905

| ms (lost)

BV B 97{{Anchor|BVB97}}

| Schoenberg

| Piano Piece, Op. 11, no. 2

| 26 Jul 1909

| pub

BV B 98

| Schubert

| Overture to "Der Teufel als Hydraulicus," D. 4

| 1888＊

| B&H, 1888

BV B 99

| Schubert

| Overture in D major for orchestra, D. 26

| 1888＊

| B&H, 1888

BV B 100

| Schubert

| Overture in B-flat major for orchestra, D. 470

| 1888＊

| B&H, 1888

BV B 101

| Schubert

| Five Minuets with Six Trios and Minuet for Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, D. 89

| 1888＊

| B&H, 1888

BV B 102

| Schubert

| Five German Dances with Coda and Seven Trios for Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, D. 90

| 1888＊

| B&H, 1888

BV B 103

| Schubert

| Overture in D major for Orchestra, D. 556

| 1889＊

| B&H, 1889

BV B 104

| Schubert

| Overture in E minor for Orchestra, D. 648

| 1889＊

| B&H, 1889

BV B 105

| Schubert

| Overture in the Italian Style in D major, D. 590

| 1889＊

| B&H, 1889

BV B 106

| Schubert

| Overture in the Italian Style in D major, D. 591

| 1889＊

| B&H, 1889

BV B 107{{Anchor|BVB107}}

| Schumann

| Abendlied, Op. 85 No. 12, for piano four hands (transcr. for clarinet and string quartet)BV B 107: [http://clarinetquintet.web.unc.edu/composition/schumann-abendlied/ Schumann Abendlied] at {{url|clarinetquintet.web.unc.edu}}
Published 1998 by Breitkopf & Härtel (edited by Joachim Draheim)

| 1878-81

| SB169, pub.

BV B 108

| Schumann

| Three Romances for oboe, Op. 94 (transcr. for clarinet)

| 1879-81

| SB170, unpub.

BV B 109

| Schumann

| Concert Allegro in D minor for piano and orchestra, Op. 134 (transcr. for two pianos four hands)

| 1888＊

| B&H, 1888

BV B 110{{Anchor|BVB110}}

| Spohr, Ernst

| Introduction (Spohr) and Elegy (Ernst) (transcr. for clarinet and string quartet)

| 1879-81

| SB168, unpub.

BV B 111

| Wagner

| "Siegfried's Funeral March" from "Götterdämmerung"

| 1883

| pub, fp

BV B 112

| Weill

| "Ach wär' mein Lieb ein Brünnlein" from "Frauentanz: Sieben Gedichte des Mittelalters" for soprano, with flute, viola, clarinet, horn, and bassoon, Op. 10 (transcr. for soprano and piano)

| 1923 or 1924

| pub, ded

BV B 113

| (Unidentified)

| Fugue (in A minor) for organ (ascribed to Bach by Busoni)

| 1888

| SB214, unpub.

BV B 114

| Liszt

| Scherzo in G minor for piano (ed. by Busoni)

| 5 Apr 1909

| ms, pub

BV B 115

| Liszt

| Tarantelle di bravura after the Tarantelle from Auber's "La Muette de Portici," S. 386 (inscribed with Busoni's interpretative markings)

| (date unknown)

| SB: N. Mus. Nachl. 4, 88

Klavierübung

{{Main| Klavierübung (Busoni)}}

The Klavierübung is a compilation of exercises, transcriptions, and original compositions by Busoni, with which he hoped to pass on his accumulated knowledge of keyboard technique. It was issued in five parts between 1918 and 1922, and a second edition was published posthumously in 1925.

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Bach Editions

{{Main|Bach-Busoni Editions}}

Busoni's Bach editions are a series of publications containing primarily transcriptions of keyboard music by Johann Sebastian Bach. They also include performance suggestions, practice exercises, musical analysis, an essay on the art of transcribing Bach's organ music for piano, an analysis of the fugue from Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' sonata, and other related material. The later editions also include free adaptations and original compositions by Busoni which are based on the music of Bach.

Liszt Editions

In the 1890s Busoni began to study Liszt's scores more intensively, including them more and more in his concert performances and collecting an extensive library of Liszt editions. By 1900 even Liszt's pupils were beginning to declare Busoni a true disciple. His reputation as a Liszt scholar and advocate grew to such an extent that in 1907 Busoni was invited to join the editorial board appointed to oversee to the publication of Liszt's collected works. Between 1901 and 1936 the Franz Liszt-Stiftung [Franz Liszt Foundation] supervised the publication (by Breitkopf & Härtel) of 34 volumes. Of these, Busoni edited three: II.1, II.2, and II.3. These three consist of the studies S.136–145 and S.420. The goal of the Liszt-Stiftung edition was scholarly, and Busoni adhered faithfully to this policy. Only in Volume II.1 did he even include any ossias, each labelled with "F.B." in small print.Sitsky, pp. 209–216.

= Franz Liszt-Stiftung Edition =

  • Franz Liszt Musikalische Werke. Herausgegeben von der Franz Liszt-Stiftung. II. Pianofortewerke. Etüden für Pianoforte zu zwei Händen. Bd. 1–3 [Franz Liszt Musical Works. Published by the Franz Liszt Foundation. Etudes for piano two hands. Vols. 1–3.]

:•Note: The English titles listed under contents are from the original edition. The title information in parentheses is not part of the original title and is provided for reference only.

:Volume II.1:

::Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel; n.d. (1910?); cat. no. F.L. 32-34; (10 pages foreword; 157 pages score).

::•Note: Busoni wrote the foreword which is dated 1910.

::•Contents:

:::Study in 12 exercises Op. 1 (first version of Transcendental Etudes, S.136)

:::12 great Studies (second version of Transcendental Etudes, S.137)

:::Mazeppa (first version, S.138)

:Volume II.2:

::Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel; [1911]; cat. no. F.L. 35-36; (129 pages score; 2 pages of notes by Busoni).

::•Contents:

:::Bravour-Studies (final version of Transcendental Etudes, S.139)

:::Great Fantasia di Bravura on Paganini's Campanella, Op. 2 (Grande Fantaisie de bravoure sur La Clochette, S.420)

:Volume II.3:

::Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel; n.d. (1911?); cat. no. F.L. 37-43; (4 pages editor's note; 155 pages score).

::•Note: The editor's note is dated December 1911.

::•Contents:

:::Bravour-Studies after Paganini's Caprices (first version of Paganini Etudes, S.140)

:::Grand Etudes after Paganini (final versions, S.141)

:::Morceau de Salon, Etude of Perfection from the Method of Methods (early version of Ab Irato, S.142)

:::Ab Irato, Great Etude of Perfection (final version, S.143)

:::Three Concert Studies (S.144)

:::Gnome-Dance (No. 2 of S.145)

:::In the Woods (No. 1 of S.145)

:•Ref: Kindermann, p. 467; Sitsky, pp. 215–216; Roberge, p. 63.

= Paganini Etudes =

  • Sechs Paganini Etüden für Klavier. Revidierte Ausgabe von Ferruccio Busoni [Six Paganini Etudes for Piano. Revised edition by Ferruccio Busoni]

:Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel; [1912]; cat. no. E.B. 484; (43 pages). Also published separately as cat. nos. 2551-56 (9, 8, 11, 4, 7, and 11 pages, respectively).

:•Note: This scholarly edition of Liszt's definitive versions (S.141) is reprinted exactly as in Vol. II.3 of the Stiftung edition. These versions should not be confused with Busoni's concert arrangements of the same works in which Liszt's music has sometimes been significantly altered and which have been assigned the catalog numbers BV B 75 (No. 1), BV B 70 (No. 2), BV B 68 (No. 3), BV B 74 (No. 4), BV B 76 (No. 5), and BV B 67 (No. 6).

:•Ref: Kindermann, p. 467; Sitsky, p. 216; Roberge, p. 63.

= Selected Piano Works =

  • Ausgewählte Klavierwerke aus den von der Franz Liszt-Stiftung herausgegebenen Musikalischen Werken Franz Liszts, herausgegeben von Ferruccio Busoni [Selected Piano Works from the Franz Liszt Musical Works published by the Franz Liszt Foundation, edited by Ferruccio Busoni]

:Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel; [1917]; cat. nos. E.B. 5011 (9 pages); 5013 (11 pages); 5017 (9 pages); 5019 (11 pages); 5022 (9 pages).

:•Contents:

::Abendklänge (Harmonies du soir, No. 11 of the final version of Transcendental Etudes, S.139)

::La Campanella (Paganini Etude No. 3 in G-sharp minor, S.141)

::Gnomenreigen (Gnome-Dance, S.145)

::Konzertetüde Nr. 3 in Des-Dur (Concert Etude No.3 in D-flat major, S.144)

::Waldesrauschen (Forest Murmurs, No. 1 of Two Concert Studies, S.145)

:•Ref: Kindermann, p. 467.

= Dover reprints =

The Searle numbers and other information following the page numbers are not part of the original Dover Contents, and are added here for reference.

  • Complete Etudes for Solo Piano, Series I: Including the Transcendental Etudes. Edited by Ferruccio Busoni

:New York: Dover Publications, 1988. {{ISBN|0-486-25815-7}}

:•Note: Reprint of Vol. II.1 and the first part of Vol. II.2 (S.139) of the Franz Liszt Stiftung edition.

:•Contents:

::Foreword, pp. v–xi. (by Ferruccio Busoni, Berlin, 1910; translated into English by Rosamond Ley)

::Editorial Notes, pp. xiii–xv. (by Ferruccio Busoni; translated into English by Rosamond Ley)

::Etude en 12 Exercises [Etude in 12 Exercises], Op. 1 (1826), pp. 1–33. (S.136) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Douze_Etudes%2C_S.136_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

:::No. 1 in C Major, 1. No. 2 in A Minor, 3. No. 3 in F Major, 5. No. 4 in D Minor, 8. No. 5 in B-flat Major, 10. No. 6 in G Minor, 14. No. 7 in E-flat Major, 16. No. 8 in C Minor, 18. No.9 in A-flat Major, 21. No. 10 in F Minor, 24. No. 11 in D-flat Major, 27. No. 12 in B-flat Minor, 31.

::12 Grandes Etudes [12 Large Etudes] (1837) (dedicated to Carl Czerny), pp. 34–149. (S.137) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Douze_Grand_Etudes%2C_S.137_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

:::No. 1 in C Major, 34. No. 2 in A minor, 36. No. 3 in F Major, 41. No. 4 in D Minor, 46. No. 5 in B-flat Major, 58. No. 6 in G Minor, 68. No. 7 in E-flat Major, 78. No. 8 in C Minor, 88. No. 9 in A-flat Major, 105. No. 10 in F Minor, 116. No. 11 in D-flat Major, 128. No. 12 in B-flat Minor, 139.

::Mazeppa (1840) (dedicated to Victor Hugo, pp. 150–147. (S.138) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Mazeppa%2C_Intermediate%2C_S.138_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

::Etudes d'Exécution Transcendante [Etudes for Transcendental Technique, or Transcendental Etudes] (1851) (dedicated to Carl Czerny, pp. 158–255. (S.139) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Transcendental_Etudes%2C_S.139_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

:::1: Preludio (C major), 158. 2: (A minor), 160. 3: Paysage [Landscape] (F Major), 165. 4: Mazeppa (D minor), 168. 5: Feux Follets [Will-o'-the-Wisp] (B-flat major), 181. 6: Vision (G minor), 190. 7: Eroica (E-flat major), 200. 8: Wilde Jagd [Wild Hunt] (C minor), 206. 9: Ricordanza [Remembrance] (A-flat major), 217. 10: (F minor), 228. 11: Harmonies du Soir [Evening Harmonies] (D-flat major), 238. 12: Chasse-Neige [Snow-Drifting Wind] (B-flat minor), 246.

  • Complete Etudes for Solo Piano, Series II: Including the Paganini Etudes and Concert Etudes. Edited by Ferruccio Busoni

:New York: Dover Publications, 1988. {{ISBN|0-486-25816-5}}

:•Note: Reprint of the second part of Vol. II.2 (S.420) and Vol. II.3 of the Franz Liszt Stiftung edition.

:•Contents:

::Editorial Notes, pp. v–vii. (by Ferruccio Busoni; translated into English by Rosamond Ley)

::"Grande Fantaisie de Bravoure sur La Clochette de Paganini [Large Bravura Fantasy on Paganini's La Campanella], Op. 2 (1832)", pp. 1–30. (S.420) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Grande_Fantaisie_sur_La_Clochette_de_Paganini%2C_S.420_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

::Etudes d'Exécution Transcendante d'après Paganini [Etudes for Transcendental Technique after Paganini] (1838) (dedicated to Clara Schumann), pp. 31–90. (S.140) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Etudes_d%27exécution_transcendante_d%27après_Paganini%2C_S.140_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

:::Preludio, 31. 1 (G minor), 32. 2 (E-flat major), 43. 3: La Campanella (A-flat minor/major), 51. 4 (E major) Version I, 59; Version II, 65. 5: La Chasse [The Hunt] (E major), 72. 6: Theme and Variations (A minor), 81.

::Grandes Etudes de Paganini [Paganini Etudes] (dedicated to Clara Schumann), pp. 91–132. (S.141) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Paganini_Etudes%2C_S.141_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

:::1 (G minor), 91. 2 (E-flat major), 99. 3: La Campanella (G-sharp minor), 106. 4 (E major), 115. 5: La Chasse (E major), 118. 6 (A minor), 123.

::Morceau de Salon: Etude de Perfectionnement [Salon Piece: Finishing Etude] (1840), pp. 133–136. (S.142) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Morceau_de_Salon%2C_S.142_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

::Ab Irato: Grande Etude de Perfectionnement [Ab Irato: Large Finishing Etude] (1852), pp. 137–143. (S.143) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Ab_Irato%2C_S.143_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

::Trois Etudes de Concert [Three Concert Etudes] (c. 1848) (dedicated to Eduard Liszt), pp. 143–168. (S.144) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Trois_Etudes_de_Concert%2C_S.144_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score])

:::No. 1 in A-flat Major, 143. No. 2 in F Minor, 152. No. 3 in D-flat major, 160.

::Two Concert Etudes (c. 1862–63) (dedicated to Dionys Pruckner), pp. 169–184. (S.145) ([http://imslp.org/wiki/Zwei_Konzertetuden%2C_S.145_%28Liszt%2C_Franz%29 score)]

:::Gnomenreigen [Dance of the Gnomes], 169. Waldesrauschen [Forest Rustling], 177.

Biographical notes

  • Eduard Liszt (1817–1879), the youngest son of Franz Liszt's grandfather and the stepbrother of Franz Liszt's father. Eduard handled Franz Liszt's business affairs for more than thirty years until Eduard's death in 1879.Wikipedia article: Un Sospiro
  • Rosamond Ley (1883–1969), was a pianist and writer on music. She translated Busoni's Letters to his Wife and The Essence of Music into English.Beaumont (1987), p. 124.

Notes

* The date of composition could not be ascertained, and a date "at the latest" is used (Roberge, p. xix).

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References

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  • Beaumont, Antony, ed. (1987). Busoni: Selected Letters. New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|0-231-06460-8}}
  • Dent, Edward J. (1933). Ferruccio Busoni: A Biography, London: Oxford University Press. (Reprint: London: Ernst Eulenberg, 1974) {{ISBN|0-903873-02-8}}
  • Kindermann, Jürgen (1980). Thematisch-chronologisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Ferruccio B. Busoni. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts, vol. 19. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag. {{ISBN|3-7649-2033-5}}
  • Prinz, Ulrich (1970). Ferruccio Busoni als Klavierkomponist. Stuttgart: Polyphoto Dr. Vogt. Originally Ph.D. diss. Ruprecht-Karl-Universität, Heidelberg. (Cited in Beaumont, 1985, p. 384; Roberge, 1991, pp. xi, 309; Sitsky, 2008, p. 402.)
  • Roberge, Marc-André (1991). Ferruccio Busoni: a bio-bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press. {{ISBN|0-313-25587-3}}
  • Schnapp, Friedrich (1928). Katalog der im Nachlaß vorhandeden Musik-Manuskripte Ferruccio Busonis, 1873-1924. Typescript. Berlin State Library, Busoni Archive. (Cited in Beaumont, 1985, p. 355; Roberge, 1991, pp. xi, 143.)
  • Sitsky, Larry (2008). Busoni and the Piano. The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings. (2nd ed.) Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. {{ISBN|978-1-57647-158-6}} [First edition, Westport: Greenwood Press,1986. {{ISBN|0-313-23671-2}}]

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adaptations

Busoni adaptations