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Ferruccio Busoni
| Italian composer Date of Birth: 01.04.1866 Country: Italy |
Content:
- Ferruccio Busoni: A Musical Genius
- Early Prodigy
- Education and Early Career
- Expansion of Tonality
- Berlin Legacy
- Pianistic Innovations
- Aesthetic Theory
- Operatic Experiments
- Later Years and Legacy
Ferruccio Busoni: A Musical Genius
Born in Empoli, Tuscany, on April 1, 1866, Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni's life and career were marked by prodigious talent and groundbreaking ideas.
Early Prodigy
As the son of clarinet virtuoso Ferdinando Busoni, Ferruccio began piano lessons at a tender age.
By eight, he had given his first concert in Trieste, and two years later, he performed his own compositions in Vienna. At the age of 12, he premiered his "Stabat Mater" in Graz, where his family had recently settled.
Education and Early Career
In 1881, Busoni joined the Philharmonic Academy in Bologna.
Recommended by Johannes Brahms, he studied with Karl Reinecke in Le