The Compleat Busoni, Volume 3: Ending to Dr. Faust and the definitive realisations of the Fantasia Contrappuntistica - Hardcover

Sitsky, Larry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1760465976 ISBN 13: 9781760465971

Publisher: ANU Press Music, 2023

Synopsis

VOLUME 3: I. Ending to Dr. Faust II. Definitive version of the Fantasia Contrappuntistica for two pianos III. Concerto for Orchestra: Completion and orchestration of the Fantasia Contrappuntistica.

Larry Sitsky, professor emeritus at The Australian National University, is an internationally known composer, pianist, scholar, and teacher. His books are fundamental reference works on subjects such as Australian piano music, the 20th-century avant-garde, the piano music of Anton Rubinstein, the early 20th-century Russian avant-garde, and the classical reproducing piano roll.

The Compleat Busoni is the result of Sitsky's lifelong focus on the composer Ferruccio Busoni. Over three volumes, Sitsky surveys Busoni's vast output, provides an ending to the unfinished opera Dr. Faust, and presents definitive realisations of the Fantasia Contrappuntistica in two-piano and orchestral versions. New insights into Busoni's style and aesthetics are an integral aspect of this work.

Edition details

• Publisher: ANU Press Music
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1760465976
• ISBN 13: 9781760465971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 373