Ferruccio Busoni

(1866-1924)
Sample List of Works and Resources

Violin:

Concerto in D major for violin and orchestra (1896-7)

Violin Sonata no. 2 (1898-1900)

Piano:

Piano Concerto (1901-1904)

Elegies (1907, no. 7 “Berceuse” added in 1909)
Fantasia after J.S. Bach (1909)
Fantasia Contrappuntistica (1910-version for two pianos, 1921)
Sonatinas (no. 1-6, 1910-1920)
Indian Fantasy, for piano and orchestra (1913-14)
Indian Diary book I, for solo piano (1915-16)
Toccata (1920)
Perpetuum Mobile (1922)
Variations and Fugue on a theme of Chopin (1922)
Seven Short Pieces for the Cultivation of Polyphonic Playing (1923)

Winds:

Albumblatt, for flute (or muted violin) and piano (1916)

Concertino for clarinet and chamber orchestra (1918)
Elegy for Clarinet and Piano (1919-20)
Divertmento for flute and chamber orchestra (1920)

Vocal:

Rondo arlecchinesco, for orchestra and tenor solo

Zwei Gesänge, for male voice and small orchestra (1919)
Lied des Unmuts, for baritone and orchestra or piano (1919)
Zigunerlied, for baritone and orchestra or piano (1923)
Schlechter Trost, for baritone and orchestra or piano (1924)

Orchestra:

Turandot Suite (1906)

Berceuse Elegaique (1909)
Die Brautwahl Suite (1912)
Nocturne Symphonique (1913)
Song of the Spirit Dance (Indian Diary book 2) (1915)
Sarabande and Cortege, Two Studies on Doktor Faust (1918-19)

Opera/Dramatic:

Die Brautwahl, a musical fantasy-comedy after E.T.A. Hoffman. Text by Busoni (1912-14)
Turandot, a Chinese Fable after Gozzi in two acts. Text by Busoni (1916-17)
Doktor Faust. Text by Busoni. Unfinished, completed by both Philippe Jarnach and Anthony Beaumont.

Further Reading:

Beaumont, Anthony. Busoni The Composer. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985.

Ferruccio Busoni: Selected Letters. Translated/edited by Anthony Beaumont. London: Faber & Faber,
1987.

Busoni, Ferruccio. Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music. Easily found online, for instance:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31799/31799-h/31799-h.htm

Knyt, Erinn. Ferruccio Busoni and his Legacy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2017.