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Busoni

American  
[byoo-soh-nee, boo-zaw-nee] / bjuˈsoʊ ni, buˈzɔ ni /

noun

  1. Ferruccio (Benvenuto) 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.


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He made his public performing debut at Graz in 1948, aged 17, and won the prestigious Concorso Busoni prize in Italy the following year.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2025

A Busoni aficionado, Levit brings tautness without rigidity to tame the sprawling, potentially meandering, Bach-loving “Fantasia Contrappuntistica,” before closing with Busoni’s “Nuit de Noël,” another chromatic fantasia, gently snowy.

From New York Times Oct. 26, 2023

In it, Busoni looks back to the 19th century for inspiration and ahead to the modernist promise of the 20th.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2023

He mentored Henry Cowell, California’s first great composer, whom Buhlig took to Berlin to meet Busoni and who went on to instigate the world music movement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2023

She was a special pupil of Busoni and has appeared in many noteworthy recitals.

From The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith

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