Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Other Bach Transcriptions for Solo Piano (Dover Classical Piano Music) - Softcover

Busoni, Ferruccio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486290506 ISBN 13: 9780486290508

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1996

Synopsis

Although Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) wrote operas, orchestral, and chamber music, he is today especially renowned for his works for piano, particularly his very popular and frequently performed transcriptions of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Busoni early earned a worldwide reputation as an extraordinary pianist, one who combined great virtuoso technique with a profound and powerful musical intellect. These qualities are amply evident in the remarkable piano transcriptions in this edition: Prelude and Fugue in D; Prelude and Fugue in E-flat ("St. Anne"); Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C; Toccata and Fugue in D Minor; Chaconne in D minor; and Ten Chorale-Preludes.
All pianists — especially those who aspire to the highest levels of technique — will welcome the opportunity to study and perform these wonderful works presented complete in this convenient, modestly priced volume.

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About the Author

Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) was one of history's most celebrated pianists and a composer of note. A controversial transciber of J. S. Bach's keyboard works, he prepared a 25-volume edition of Bach's music with side-by-side commentaries and piano arrangements of his own and those of his pupil, Egon Petri.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486290506
• ISBN 13: 9780486290508
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128