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Busoni and the Piano: The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings (Distinguished Reprints, No. 3) - Softcover
Musicologists, pianists, composers and music-lovers in general will welcome the re-issue and second edition of Larry Sitsky's Busoni and the Piano, which has been out of print for a number of years. The second edition, which brings various aspects of the book up-to-date, will thus once again be available. Since the book was written in the late 1970s, Busoni has re-emerged as an important figure in early 20th-century music, and moreover, one who seems to be exerting an ever-widening influence on current thought and pianism.
Larry Sitsky has spent a lifetime performing, teaching, editing and studying Busoni's music. He has recently completed an ending to Busoni's great opera Dr.Faust, which will be heralded in the great opera houses of Europe; as well, he is currently working on another book on Busoni's instrumental, vocal and operatic music, and must be considered a world authority on this fascinating figure.
Larry Sitsky has spent a lifetime performing, teaching, editing and studying Busoni's music. He has recently completed an ending to Busoni's great opera Dr.Faust, which will be heralded in the great opera houses of Europe; as well, he is currently working on another book on Busoni's instrumental, vocal and operatic music, and must be considered a world authority on this fascinating figure.
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Larry Sitsky has spent a lifetime performing, teaching, editing and studying Busoni s music. He has recently completed an ending to Busoni's great opera Dr. Faust, which will be heralded in the great opera houses of Europe; as well, he is currently working on another book on Busoni's instrumental, vocal and operatic music, and must be considered a world authority on this fascinating figure.
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An exhaustive survey of all Busoni's piano works, published and unpublished. ... Each listing includes publication information and descriptive commentary, often with an analysis and musical examples. More than just listings, Sitsky addresses Busoni's position in music history, his philosophy, theory of notation, and compositional growth. Also included are a discography of Busoni's playing as well as others' performances of his music, a bibliography, and two indexes. ... Sitsky's exhaustive treatment of the piano compositions is unique and will appeal to the larger and more specialized collections. ... Highly recommended. --Choice
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
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
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- PublisherPendragon Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1576471586
- ISBN 13 9781576471586
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages414
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