Indian Fantasy Explained

Indian Fantasy
Type:Fantasy
Composer:Ferruccio Busoni
Native Name:German: Indianische Fantasie
Catalogue:BV 264
Opus:44
Composed:–14
Movements:3

The Indian Fantasy (German: Indianische Fantasie), Op. 44 is a fantasy for piano and orchestra by Ferruccio Busoni. Composed in 1913/14, it was first performed in Berlin in March 1914, with the composer as soloist.[1] The piece is based on several melodies and rhythms from various American Indian tribes; Busoni had received them from American ethnomusicologist Natalie Curtis Burlin. The fantasy describes the American prairie, and is in three movements:

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Notes and References

  1. Anthony Beaumont, Busoni, (1985), p. 190.