List of compositions by Ferruccio Busoni explained

This article presents a complete catalog of original compositions by Ferruccio Busoni, including a large number of early works, most of which remain unpublished. The earliest preserved pieces were written when he was barely seven years old. Over 200 of the total of 303 original compositions were produced before the age of twenty.

For a more selective list of recorded works, see Ferruccio Busoni discography.

Busoni also produced a number of cadenzas, transcriptions, and editions. For a complete list see List of adaptations by Ferruccio Busoni.

Introductory notes

Opus numbers

Busoni's opus numbers are confusing. Initially he numbered each work as he wrote it. Upon reaching Op. 40 he began assigning opus numbers of unpublished youthful works to new compositions. Later he started again from Op. 30, adding an "a" to Op. 30 to 36. From Op. 41 the numbering is fairly regular although it bears little relationship to the actual date of composition, and many compositions were published without opus number.^[1] Among unpublished compositions, some have two opus numbers. Because of their confusing nature Roberge recommended against using them and eliminated them from his List of Works.^[2] However, since opus numbers are written on manuscripts, included on published scores, used for identification of compositions by many recordings, and included in the standard reference works by Dent (1933), Kindermann (1980), Beaumont (1985), and Sitsky (2008), they are given here as an aid in identification. The user should be aware, however, that a particular opus number may refer to more than one item and says very little about the date of composition or publication.

Catalog numbers

The letters BV (Busoni-Verzeichnis [Busoni Catalog]) followed by a number are used for identification of Busoni's original compositions.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] The BV numbers are based on the first comprehensive catalog of Busoni's unpublished as well as published works prepared by Jürgen Kindermann. The letters KiV are also sometimes used,^[6] as well as the abbreviations Kind-^[7] and K.^[8] Although Kindermann himself did not specify any letters to be used for referring to his catalog, he has agreed to the use of the abbreviation BV.^[9] The catalog is not strictly chronological, since it frequently incorporates published works by the date of publication rather than the date of composition.^[10] When the catalog number is preceded by the letters BV B, for example, Ten Chorale Preludes by Bach, BV B 27, it refers to a cadenza, transcription, or adaptation (see List of adaptations by Ferruccio Busoni).

Catalog of original compositions

Note: This list is not yet complete. The "Details" column needs additional work.

BV catalog numbers are from Roberge.^[3] Titles and opus numbers are listed as in Beaumont,^[11] except as noted. Titles are in the original language, except for instrumentation and generic terms, such as "string quartet." For example, Beaumont partially translates "Berceuse pour le piano," to "Berceuse, for piano." Additional title information provided by Roberge, for example, a key signature not found in the original title, is sometimes added in parentheses. For works with text, the first line is typically given, followed by the name of the poet in parentheses. Translations, when provided, are in brackets. Dates of composition and durations are from Beaumont, unless otherwise indicated. Dedications are from Roberge.^[3]

Busoni Archive: Most of Busoni's unpublished early manuscripts, as well as those of later works, have been preserved in the Busoni-Nachlaß [Busoni-Archive]. The collection consists of 366 cataloged items, many of which were lost during the Second World War, and after the war were divided between Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, in West Berlin and the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Musikabteilung, in East Berlin. Kindermann lists the locations and manuscript numbers of each work, for those manuscripts which were available until the year he published his catalog (1980). Some of the lost items reappeared later; most are now at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.^[12] After the fall of the Berlin wall, the two libraries were reunited as the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Sitsky (pp. 363–383) has an appendix listing manuscripts (with numbers, locations, titles and/or a short description), including those lost, which may yet reappear, as well as those not part of the Busoni-Archive, which are either not numbered or are numbered with a different system. The Busoni-Archive manuscript numbers provided by Sitsky are prefixed with the letters "SB", a procedure which has been adopted here as well.

Abbreviations: acc., according to; arr., arrangement; SB, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; B&H, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig (unless otherwise indicated); cat., catalog; ded., dedicated to; dur., duration; frag, fragment; fp, first performance; (score), link to score at the International Music Score Library Project; instr., instrumentation; MS, manuscript; pub., published; rev., revised; unpub., unpublished.

BV 1 to 100

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Cat. no.	Title	Date(s) of composition	Details
BV 1	Canzone [Song] (in C major) Op. 1, for piano	Jun 1873	SB1; unpub.
BV 2	Berceuse (in C major) Op. 2, for piano	Jun 1873	SB2; unpub.
BV 3	Introduzione, Tempo di Walzer e Finale [Introduction, Waltz Tempo and Finale] Op. 3, for piano	Aug 1873	SB3; unpub.
BV 4	Cadenza-Esercizio [Cadenza-Exercise] (in C major) Op. 4, for piano	Sept 1873	SB4; unpub.
BV 5	Studio [Study] (in G major) Op. 5, for piano	Oct 1873	SB5; unpub.
BV 6	Tema con Variazioni (in C major) Op. 6, for piano	Oct 1873	SB7; unpub.
BV 7	Menuetto (in C major) Op. 17, for piano	5 October 1873; 15 October 1873	SB16, SB28; unpub.
BV 8	Preghiera alla Madonna "Vergin santa benedetta Madre" Op. 7, song for two women and piano	15 October 1873	SB7; unpub.
BV 9	Marcia funebre (in C minor) Op. 8, for piano	22 February 1874	SB8; unpub.
BV 10	Romanza senza parole [Romance without words] (in C minor) Op. 9, for piano	22 February 1874	SB9; unpub.; ded. Ersilia Grusovin
BV 11	Canzone popolare (in C major) Op. 13, for piano	17 September 1874	SB18; unpub.
BV 12	La Canzone del Cacciatore [Hunter's Song] (in C major) Op. 10, for piano	20 September 1874	SB10; unpub.
BV 13	Preludio (in C major) Op. 11, for piano	Oct 1874	SB11; unpub.; see BV 15
BV 14	Scherzo (in A minor) Op. 14, for piano	Oct 1874	SB13; unpub.
BV 15	Preludio (in C major), for clarinet and piano	12 July 1875	SB17; unpub.; arr. of BV 13
BV 16	Inno-Variato [Hymn with variations] Op. 12, for piano	Mar 1875	SB12; unpub.
BV 17	Polka (in C major) Op. 16, for piano	Jan 1875	SB14; unpub.
BV 18	Scherzo in B-flat major Op. 15, for piano	Feb 1875	SB15; unpub.
BV 19	Preludio (in C major) Op. 18, for clarinet and piano	26 February 1875; rev. 14 July 1875	SB20; unpub.
BV 20	Preludio (in C major) Op. 19, for piano	Mar 1875	SB19; unpub.
BV 21	Preludio (in C major) Op. 20, for piano	Mar 1875	SB21; unpub.
BV 22	Sonata in D major, for piano	20 August 1875	SB22; unpub.
BV 23	Fuga a 2 voci in stile libero [Fugue for two voices in free style], for piano	23 August 1875	SB23; unpub.
BV 24	Studio [Study] in C major, for piano	28 August 1875	SB24; unpub.
BV 25	Fuga a 3 voci [Fugue for 3 voices] (in A minor), for piano	2 September 1875	SB25; unpub.
BV 26	Gavotta (in D minor), for piano	26 September 1875	SB26; unpub.
BV 27	Inno [Hymn] (in C minor), for piano	28 September 1875	SB27; unpub.
BV 28	Studio contrappuntato [Contrapuntal Study] (in D major), for piano	14 October 1875	SB29; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 29	Capriccio (in C minor), for piano	1 November 1875; rev. 1 December 1875	SB32, SB42; unpub.
BV 30	Presto in C minor, for piano	25 November 1875	SB30; unpub.; ded. Ferdinando Busoni
BV 31	Invenzione a due voci (in C major), for piano	2 December 1875	SB31, SB44, SB46; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 32	Inno [Hymn] (in C major), for piano	5 December 1875	SB33, SB45; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 33	Mandolinata (in C minor), for piano	25 December 1875	SB34; unpub.
BV 34	Waltzer da Concerto. Momento Musicale [Concert Waltz. Musical Moment] (in C minor), for piano	25–27 December 1875	SB35, SB47; unpub.; ded. Luigi Cimoso
BV 35	Fuga a tre voci [Fugue for three voices] (in C minor), for harmonium or organ	5 January 1876	SB36; unpub., ded. Ferdinando Busoni
BV 36	"Du bist wie eine Blume" (Heinrich Heine) ["You are like a flower"], song for voice and piano	24 January 1876	SB48?; unpub.; ded. Anna Ephrussi
BV 37	Scherzo in C minor, for piano	11 February 1876	SB37?; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 38	String quartet no. 1 (in C minor)	20–23 February 1876	SB51; unpub.
BV 39	"Die Abendglocke schallet" (unknown) ["The evening bell sounds"], song for voice and piano	3 March 1876	SB49?; unpub.; ded. Carolina Gomperz-Bettelheim
BV 40	Marcia funebre [Funeral march] (in F minor), for piano	15 March 1876	SB38; unpub.
BV 41	Sonata in C major for violin and piano	19 March 1876	SB52; unpub.
BV 42	String quartet no. 2 (in F minor)	28 April 1876	^v SB53; unpub; ded
BV 43	Fantaisie-Impromptu (in C minor), for piano	6 June 1876	SB39; unpub.; ded. Josephine von Wertheimstein
BV 44	Wiegenlied [Lullaby]: "Schlafe süß in Gottes Schoß" (unknown) ["Sleep sweetly in God's lap"], for voice and piano	15 June 1876	SB50; unpub.; ded. Mina Gomperz
BV 45	Il Dolore: Romanza senza parole [Sorrow: Romance without words] (in A minor), for piano	21 June 1876	^v SB40, unpub, ded
BV 46	Menuetto (in A minor), for piano	3 July 1876	SB41; unpub.
BV 47	Fughetta (for four voices in C major), for piano	9 September 1876	SB54; unpub.; ded. Betty Preläuthner
BV 48	Gavottina (in F major) Op. 3 no. 3, for piano	11 November 1876	^v SB55; unpub
BV 49	Meditazione [Meditation] (in D major), for piano	10 December 1876	SB57; unpub.
BV 50	Invention (in C minor), for piano	31 December 1876	SB360; unpub
BV 51	Ouverture (in E major), for (large) orchestra (fragment)	1876	^v SB58; unpub; instr; arr
BV 52	Studio [Study] (in C major), for piano	1 January 1877	SB59; unpub.
BV 53	Untitled (Allegretto in C minor), for piano	8 January 1877	SB60; unpub.
BV 54	Fuga in G major, for piano	23 January 1877	SB61; unpub.
BV 55	Waise und Rose, "Wie bin ich armes Kind allein" (unknown) ["How am I poor child alone"], (song) for mezzo-soprano and piano	7 March 1877	SB62; unpub.
BV 56	"Deh, ci guarda benedetta" (Ferruccio Busoni) ["For pity's sake, she watches us blessed"] (in E-flat major), for SATB (a cappella)	11 May 1877	SB63; unpub.
BV 57	Sonata (No. 4 in F minor)? Op. 6, for piano (unfinished)	May 1877	^v SB78; unpub
BV 58	Sonata no. 1 in C major Op. 7, for piano	20 May 1877	^v SB64; unpub
BV 59	Invenzione (in D major), for piano	20 June 1877	SB65; unpub
BV 60	Menuetto (in F major), for string quartet	24 June 1877	SB66; unpub
BV 61	Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 8, for piano	5 July 1877	^v SB67; unpub
BV 62	Scherzo (in F-sharp minor), for piano	Jul 1877	^v MS, pub, ded
BV 63	Antiphon, "Salve decus patriarchum" (liturgical) ["Hail, O glory of the patriarchs"], for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, and harmonium	19 August 1877	SB73; unpub
BV 64	Preludio (in E minor), for piano	4 September 1877	^v SB68; unpub
BV 65	Sonata No. 3 in E major Op. 9, for piano (unfinished)	14 September 1877	^v SB69; unpub
BV 66	Allegro fugato (in E major), for piano	30 September 1877	SB70; unpub.
BV 67	"Ave Maria," (Antiphon) Op. 1, for voice and piano	1 October 1877	^v pub, ded
BV 67a	"Ave Maria," (Antiphon) Op. 1, for voice and strings	20 June 1878	SB91; unpub.; arr. from BV 67; instr^[13]
BV 68	"Salve Regina" Op. 2, (Antiphon), for mezzo-soprano and piano	9 October 1877	SB71; unpub.; see BV 68a
BV 68a	"Salve Regina" Op. 4, (Antiphon), for mezzo-soprano and strings	undated, probably Oct 1877	SB72; unpub.; arr. of BV 68; instr
BV 69	"Pater noster," for mezzo-soprano, three-part male-voice choir and piano or harmonium	23 December 1877	SB74; unpub.
BV 70	L'Invalido [The Invalid] Op. 31, "Ho quarant'anni per la patria" (Michele Buono) ["I have been forty years in the native land"], Ballata [Ballad], for tenor and piano	31 December 1877	SB75; unpub.
BV 71	Cinq Pièces [Five Pieces] Op. 3, for piano	1877	^v pub, fp
BV 72	Andante con moto (in E minor) Op. 10, for clarinet and piano	1877	^v SB79, pub
BV 73	Menuetto (in D minor) Op. 4, for piano	1 February 1878	SB76; pub.
BV 74	Toccata (in B-flat major) Op. 4, for piano	17 February 1878	SB77; unpub.
BV 75	Studio [Study] in C minor Op. 12, for piano	Feb 1878	SB80; unpub.
BV 76	Adante ed Allegro vivace Op. 13, for string quartet	23 February 1878	SB81; unpub.
BV 77	Menuetto (in F major) Op. 14, for piano	26 February 1878	MS, pub., ded.^[14]
BV 78	Preludio e Fuga in C major Op. 15, for piano left hand	27 February 1878	SB82; unpub.
BV 79	Fuga in stile libero [Fugue in free style] (in F minor) Op. 16, for piano	5 March 1878	SB83; unpub.
BV 80	Concerto (in D minor) Op. 17, for piano and string quartet	21 March 1878	SB84, pub, instr, dur.^[15]
BV 81	Suite campestre, 5 pezzi caratteristici [Pastoral suite, five character pieces] Op. 18, for piano	1–5 April 1878	SB85; pub.^[16]
BV 82	"Pater noster" a tre voci ["Our Father" in three voices] Op. 20, (for soprano, alto, and baritone)	6 April 1878	SB86; unpub.
BV 83	Piano piece in C major (untitled)	5 May 1878	SB87 (sketches); unpub.
BV 84	Preludio in F minor Op. 19, for piano	5 May 1878	SB88; unpub.
BV 85	Preludio e Fuga in C minor Op. 21, for piano	13 May 1878	MS, pub^[17]
BV 86	Tristezza, "Dimmi perchè si pallido" (Heinrich Heine, trans. Vincenzo Baffi) [Sorrow, "Tell me why so pale"] Op. 22, for mezzo-soprano and piano	18 May 1878	SB89; unpub.
BV 87	Antiphon, "Tota pulchra es Maria" ["Maria, you are completely beautiful"] Op. 23, for SATB	13 June 1878	SB90; unpub.
BV 88	Suite Op. 10, for clarinet and piano	May–June 1878	SB92; pub.^[18]
BV 89	Gavotta Op. 25, for piano	11 July 1878	MS, pub.^[19]
BV 90	Graduale delle Messe communi della Madonna, "Benedicta et venerabilis es" Op. 27 (Op. 15), for mezzo-soprano, SATB, and organ or piano	30 July 1878	SB93; unpub.
BV 91	"Ave Maria," (Antiphon) Op. 2, for voice and piano	Aug 1878?	pub. C. A. Spina, Vienna, 1879?
BV 92	Rhapsodie hongroise [Hungarian Rhapsody] Op. 28, for piano	4–22 September 1878	SB94 (frag); unpub.
BV 93	"Salve Regina" Op. 29, (Antiphon) for contralto and piano	30 September 1878	SB95; unpub.
BV 94	Lied der Klage [Song of Lamentation] Op. 38, "Die Luft ist trübe, der Wind weht kalt" (Otto von Kapf), ["The air is gray, the wind blows cold"] for alto voice and piano	14 October 1878	SB96; pub. August Cranz, Hamburg, 1879?
BV 95	"Ave Maria" in the style of Palestrina Op. 11, (Antiphon) for SATB	20 Act 1878	SB97; unpub.
BV 96	Piece for violin and piano Op. 70 (untitled)	Nov 1878	MS: (lost), unpub.
BV 97	Rondo brilliant, for piano	Nov 1878	MS: (lost), unpub.
BV 98	Des Sängers Fluch, "Es stand in alten Zeiten ein Schloß so hoch und hehr" (Ludwig Uhland) [The Singer's Curse, "There stood in ancient times, a castle so high and noble"] Op. 39, for alto voice and piano	Nov 1878	pub. August Cranz, Hamburg, 1879?; ded. Doktor Albin von Vogel
BV 98a	Des Sängers Fluch, "Es stand in alten Zeiten ein Schloß so hoch und hehr" (Ludwig Uhland) [The Singer's Curse, "There stood in ancient times, a castle so high and noble"] Op. 39, for alto voice and orchestra	13 April 1879	SB104; unpub.; instr^[20]
BV 99	Preludio e Fuga (in C minor) Op. 32, for 2 pianos	5 December 1878	SB98; unpub.
BV 100	Racconti Fantastici. 3 Pezzi caratteristici [Fantastic Tales. 3 character pieces] Op. 12, for piano	1878 or 1882?	pub., fp, ded.^[21]

BV 101 to 200

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Cat. no.	Title	Date(s) of composition	Details
BV 101	Solo dramatique (in B-flat minor) Op. 13 (Op. 33), for clarinet and piano	2 February 1879	SB99; pub; fp^[22]
BV 102	Menuetto (in F major) Op. 15 (Op. 25), for string quartet	12 February 1879	SB100; unpub.
BV 103	Missa I [Mass I] Op. 34, for SATB	12 February 1879	SB101; unpub.
BV 104	Capriccio (in G minor) Op. 36, for 2 pianos	21 February 1879	SB102; unpub.
BV 105	"Benedicta et venerabilis es" (Gradual) Op. 16, for SAB	1 April 1879	SB103; unpub.
BV 106	Scherzo (in C major) Op. 17, for piano	May 1879	SB105^JU; unpub.
BV 107	Andantino (in B-flat [major?]) Op. 41 (Op. 18), for clarinet and piano	4 May 1879	SB106^JU; pub
BV 108	Serenade no. 2 (in B-flat [major?]) Op. 42 (Op. 19), for clarinet and piano	4–31 May 1879	SB107^JU; pub
BV 109	Piece for piano duet (four hands) Op. 43 (untitled)	May 1879?	SB108^JU; unpub.
BV 110	Concerto for piano and orchestra Op. 46	May 1879	SB109 (frag)^JU; unpub.; one movement
BV 111	Scherzo Op. 47 (Op. 20), for string quartet	31 May 1879	SB110^JU; unpub.
BV 112	Variationen über ein Minnesängerlied aus dem XIII. Jahrhundert [Variations on a 13th-century Minnesängerlied] Op. 48 (Op. 22), for piano and violin	23 June 1879	SB111^JU; unpub.
BV 113	Sternenlied, "Es glänzt am Himmel Stern an Stern" (Oskar von Redwitz) [Star song, "It glitters in the heavens star upon star"] Op. 49 (Op. 23), for alto voice and piano	26 June 1879	MS:SB112^JU; unpub.
BV 114	Albumvokale Op. 30, for voice and piano^[23]	10 February 1884	MS, pub.; dur. 15 min
BV 115	Präludium und Fuge [Prelude and Fugue] in D minor Op. 51 (Op. 26)	23 July 1879	SB113^JU; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 116	Novelette Op. 52 (Op. 27), for clarinet and piano	2 August 1879	SB114^JU; pub
BV 117	Scherzo (in F-sharp minor) Op. 53 (Op. 28)	14 August 1879	SB115^JU; unpub.
BV 118	Scherzo in A minor Op. 54 (Op. 29)	20 August 1879	SB116^JU; unpub.
BV 119	"Stabat Mater" Op. 55, (Sequence) for SSATBB and strings	Aug 1879	SB117^JU; unpub.; fp;^[24] instr
BV 120	Tragische Geschichte, "Es war einer, dem's zu Herzen ging" (Adelbert von Chamisso) [Tragic Stories, "There was one, who took it to heart"] Op. 56 (Op. 30), for low voice and piano	2 October 1879	SB118^JU; unpub.; arr. for TTBB, see BV 120a
BV 120a	Tragische Geschichte, "Es war einer, dem's zu Herzen ging" (Adelbert von Chamisso) [Tragic Stories, "There was one, who took it to heart"] Op. 56 (Op. 30), for TTBB (male chorus)	undated^[25]	SB202; unpub.; arr. of BV 120
BV 121	"Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze mein" (Heinrich Heine) ["Dear little dear one, lay your little hand upon my heart"] Op. 57 (Op. 31), for soprano and piano	2? Oct 1879	SB119^JU; unpub.
BV 122	"Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht" (traditional Rheinland) ["Hoarfrost formed in the spring night"] Op. 59 (Op. 33), (song) for mezzo-soprano and piano	13 October 1879	SB120^JU; unpub.
BV 123	Märchen [Fairy Tale] Op. 60 (Op. 34), for cello (or clarinet) and piano	Oct 1879	SB121^JU; unpub.
BV 124	Menuetto capriccioso [Capricious little menuet] in C major Op. 61, for piano	Oct 1879	pub., fp, ded.^[26]
BV 125	Introduzione e Capriccio, for 2 pianos	23 November 1879	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 126	Danze antiche [Ancient Dances] Op. 11, for piano^[27]	Dec 1879	MS, pub., fp, ded.
BV 127	"Kyrie" Op. 64, for SATB (a cappella);	30 December 1879	SB122^JU; unpub.
BV 128	Ouverture (in E major), for piano four hands (fragment)	undated^[28]	SB125^JU; unpub.; arr. of BV 51?
BV 129	Andante	undated	SB126^JU; unpub
BV 130	Moderato (fragment)	undated	SB127^JU; unpub
BV 131	Andante con moto (dietro l'antico stile [in the old style]) B-flat major	undated	SB128^JU; unpub.
BV 132	Piano piece in B minor (untitled fragment)	undated	SB129^JU; unpub
BV 133	Piano piece in D minor (untitled)	undated	SB130; unpub.
BV 134	Andante e Tarantella (in C minor), for piano	undated	SB131; unpub.
BV 135	String Quartet no. 3 (in F minor)	undated	SB132; unpub.
BV 136	Allegretto (in D-flat major), for string quartet	undated	SB133; unpub.
BV 137	Andante Sostenuto - Allegro Vivace (in C minor), for string quartet	undated	SB134 (frag); unpub.
BV 138	Sonata in D major, for piano and clarinet	undated	SB135; unpub.
BV 139	Novellett (Allegro vivace in C minor), for clarinet and piano	undated	SB136; unpub.
BV 140	Piece (in B-flat major) for clarinet and piano (untitled)	undated	SB137 (frag); unpub.
BV 141	Andante maestoso, for orchestra	undated	SB138 (frag); unpub.
BV 142	"Non torna più", (song) for voice and piano	undated	SB139 (sketch, frag); unpub.
BV 143	"Mein Herz gleicht dem Meere" (Heinrich Heine), (song) for voice and piano	undated	SB140; unpub.
BV 144	"Espére enfant demain" (Victor Hugo), (song) for (soprano) voice and piano	1880?	SB141; unpub.
BV 145	Preghiera alla Madonna, "Vergin santa benedetta," for SATB	undated	SB142 (sketches, frag)
BV 146	"Gloria", for SATB	1 January 1880	SB144; unpub.
BV 147	Das Erkennen Op. 65, for voice and piano	20 January 1880	SB145 (sketches); unpub.
BV 148	"Ave Maria" Op. 67, (Antiphon) for voice and strings	undated^[29]	SB146 (frag); unpub.
BV 149	Praeludium [und] Fuge in D major a 3 voci, for piano	"30 February 1880" (sic)	SB148; unpub.
BV 150	Marsch Op. 41, for piano	5 March 1880	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 151	Der Tanz: Walzer (in E-flat major), for piano	undated^[30]	SB149; unpub.
BV 152	Gavotte in F minor Op. 70, for piano	11 April 1880	SB149; pub., fp, ded.^[31]
BV 153	Invention (in E minor), for piano	14 May 1880	SB149; unpub.
BV 154	Fugue in F major on a theme of W. A. Rémy, for piano	undated	SB149; unpub.
BV 155	Preludio [und] Fuge (in C minor) Op. 75, for piano	May 1880	SB155; unpub.
BV 156	Duo (in E minor) Op. 43 (Op. 73), for 2 flutes and piano	Jun 1880	SB151; pub. 1991^[32]
BV 157	Praeludium (Basso ostinato) und Fuge (Doppelfuge zum Choral) Op. 7 (Op. 76), for organ	23 January 1880; 30 June 1880	SB147; pub.;^[33] ded. Wilhelm Mayer^[34]
BV 158	Rondo (in A major) Op. 77 (Op. 45), for piano	July 1880	SB153; unpub.
BV 159	Tre pezzi nello stile antico [Three pieces in ancient style] Op. 10, for piano^[35]	Jul 1880	MS, pub.; fp, ded.
BV 160	Scherzo (in C [major?]) Op. 47, for piano	Aug 1880	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 161	Impromptu (in E minor) Op. 48, for clarinet and piano	Aug 1880	SB154;^[36] unpub.
BV 162	Piece (in A minor), for clarinet and piano (untitled)	undated	SB154; unpub.
BV 163	Phantasiestück Op. 49, for piano	Aug 1880	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 164	Sonate (in F minor) Op. 49 (Op. 50), for piano	1 September 1880	SB155; unpub.
BV 165	Praeludium & Fuge in D major Op. 73, for piano	Oct 1880	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 166	Praeludium [und] Fuge (in 4 voices) in G minor Op. 74, for piano	Oct 1880	SB unpub.; arr., see BV 220^[37]
BV 167	Zwei Lieder [Two Songs] Op. 31, for voice and piano	12 October 1880	MS, pub., ded.^[38]
BV 168	Sonata for piano	Nov 1880	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 169	Missa in honorem Beate Mariae Virginis Op. 51, for (a cappella) double chorus	Nov 1880	SB161; unpub.; ded. Johannes B. Zwerger
BV 170	Scherzo Op. 52, for violin, cello, and piano	Nov 1880	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 171	Frühlingslied, "Ich grüße euch liebe Vögelein" (Otto von Kapff) Op. 44, for TTBB	Jun 1880?^[39]	SB159; unpub.
BV 172	Der Wirtin Töchterlein, "Es zogen drei Burschen" (Ludwig Uhland) Op. 45 (Op. 53), for TTBB	Nov 1880	SB160; unpub.
BV 173	"Guten Abend, gute Nacht" (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn), for TTBB	Nov 1880?	SB unpub.
BV 174	Motet, "Gott erbarme sich unser" Op. 55, for chorus and piano	15 November 1880	SB162; unpub.; arr. as BV174a
BV 174a	Motet, "Gott erbarme sich unser" Op. 55, for chorus and orchestra	23 December 1880	SB163; unpub.; instr;^[40] arr. of BV 174
BV 175	Studio [Étude] in A minor, for piano	1880?	SB166; unpub.
BV 176	Suite (in G minor), for clarinet and string quartet	1880?	SB167; unpub.
BV 177	String Quartet no. 2 in C major Op. 56	Jan-Feb 1881 and Dec 1881 - Jan 1882	SB164; unpub.
BV 178	Praeludium [und] Fuge, for piano	1 April 1881	SB (lost); unpub.
BV 179	Praeludium [und] Fuge (in A minor), for piano	1 April 1881	SB unpub.
BV 180	Preludio e Fuga (for 4 voices in C major) Op. 36, for piano	10 April 1881	MS, pub, fp, ded.^[41]
BV 181	24 Préludes Op. 37, for piano^[42] (score)	May 1881	MS, pub., fp; ded. Luigi Cimoso
BV 182	Fuge in C [major?] Op. 72, for piano	1881	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 183	Requiem (Missa funebre) for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	3 May - 10 July 1881	SB171; unpub.; instr^[43]
BV 184	Andante mit Variationen [Andante with Variations] (and Scherzo) Op. 18, for violin, cello, and piano	1881	SB172; unpub.
BV 185	Una Festa di Villaggio, 6 pezzi caratteristici Op. 9, for piano^[44]	Dec 1881	MS, pub., fp, ded.
BV 186	Introduzione e Fuga sopra un Corale di G. S. Bach [Introduction and Fugue on a Chorale of J. S. Bach], for orchestra^[45]	1881?	SB (frag); unpub.; instr
BV 187	Notturno, for clarinet and piano	undated^[46]	SB173 (lost); unpub.
BV 188	Fuga (in F major) Op. 57, per l'esame di Bologna, for piano	27 March 1882	SB174; unpub.
BV 189	Danza Notturna [Nocturnal Dance] (in D major) Op. 13, for piano	16 June 1882	pub., fp^[47]
BV 190	"Ave Maria" Op. 35, (Antiphon) for baritone and orchestra	22–23 June 1882	MS, pub., instr., ded.^[48]
BV 191	Primavera, Estate, Autunno, Inverno (Le quattro stagione). 4 Poesie liriche Op. 40, for male voice soloists, male chorus, and orchestra^[49] (score)	Jul 1882	MS, pub, instr, ded; arr., see BV 191a
BV 191a	Primavera. Frühling, for male chorus (TTBB) a cappella	undated	MS; unpub.; arr. of BV 191 (no. 1)^[50]
BV 192	Il sabato del villagio (Giacomo Leopardi) [Saturday in the village], (cantata) for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	5 August 1882	MS (partial), unpub., instr, fp, ded^[51]
BV 193	Marcia di Paesani e Contadine [Peasants' March] Op. 32, for piano	4 August 1883	MS, pub, fp^[52]
BV 194	Macchiette medioevali [Medieval figures] Op. 33, for piano	1882–1883	pub., fp^[53]
BV 195	Macchiette medioevali No. 2/B. Cavaliere Reiter, for piano	1882–1883	MS (sketches), unpub.^[54]
BV 196	Serenata (in G minor) Op. 34, for cello and piano	1 January 1883	MS, pub., fp, ded^[55]
BV 197	Trois Morceaux [Three Pieces] Op. 4, 5, and 6, for piano^[56] (score)	1883?	pub, fp, ded
BV 198	Etude 15, en forme d' "Adagio" d'une Sonate (in D-flat major), for piano	1883	MS, unpub., ded.^[57]
BV 199	Etude 16 (Nocturne) (in B-flat minor), for piano	1883	MS: SB186; unpub.
BV 200	Studio [Étude] 18 in F minor, for piano	14 February 1883	MS: SB184; unpub.

BV 201 to 303

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Cat. no.	Title	Date(s) of composition	Details
BV 201	Symphonische Suite Op. 25, for orchestra	Aug 1883	MS, pub., instr, fp, ded.^[58]
BV 202	Zwei Lieder Op. 15, for voice and piano (score) (Aus den hebräischen Melodien von Lord Byron) No. 1 "Ich sah die Thräne" [I saw the tears] No. 2 "An Babylons Wassern" [By Babylon's Waters]	Mar 1884	pub., ded., arr, see BV 202a^[59]
BV 202a	"An Babylons Wassern" (Byron), for male voice and piano	Feb 1901	SB229^JU (frag); unpub.; arr. of BV 202 (no. 2)
BV 203	Six études Op. 16, for piano (score)	1883	pub, ded (see §BV203d)
BV 204	Sonata in F minor Op. 20, for piano	Christmas 1883	SB187; pub, fp, ded
BV 205	"So lang man jung" (Alice Worms) Op. 16, for male voice chorus and orchestra	Jan 1884	unpub.
BV 206	Étude en forme de variations Op. 17, for piano (score)	1883?	pub.
BV 207	Zwei altdeutsche Lieder Op. 18, for voice and piano^[60]	1884?	pub.; arr. of no. 2, see BV 207a
BV 207a	"Unter den Linden" (song) for voice and small orchestra	1893	unpub., arr. of BV 207
BV 208	String Quartet in C (major) (No. 1), Op. 19 (score)	1880-82	pub.
BV 209	Zweite Balletszene Op. 20, for piano	1884	pub.
BV 210	Introduction et Scherzo, for piano and orchestra	Oct 1882, rev. Aug 1884	unpub.
BV 211	Gesang aus Mirza Schaffy, "Auf dem Dache stand sie, als ich schied" (Bodenstedt), for voice and piano	1884	unpub.
BV 212	"Es blüht ein Blümlein", for TTBB	17 January 1885	MS: BSL (frag?); unpub.
BV 213	Variationen und Fuge in freier Form über Fr. Chopin's C-moll Präludium (Op. 28 no. 20) Op. 22, for piano (score)	1884	pub.
BV 213a	Zehn Variationen über ein Präludium von Chopin, for piano (score)	28 March 1922	pub.
BV 214	Invenzione (in D minor), for piano	28 July 1885	unpub.
BV 215	Kleine Suite Op. 23, for cello and piano	1886	pub.
BV 216	Zwei Lieder Op. 24, for low voice and piano	1885	pub.
BV 217	Tempo di menuetto (in C major), for orchestra	1885?	unpub.
BV 218	Eine alte Geschichte in neue Reime gebracht, melodrama for voice and piano	undated, 1884 or 1885?	unpub.
BV 219	Chorlied der Deutschen in Amerika, for TTBB	1892?	unpub.
BV 220	Praeludium [Prelude] in A minor, for piano	1885?	unpub.; rev. from BV 166
BV 221	Introduktion, Marsch, Walzer, for orchestra	1894?	MS: (frag, sketches); unpub.
BV 222	Anhang zu Siegfried Ochs "Kommt a Vogerl g'flogen" (five variations), for piano	1886?	pub. 1987
BV 223	Fughette, for violin and piano	1886?	MS: (lost); unpub.
BV 224	Kanon. Huldigung der Töne FBB, dargebracht den Tönen a Remi.	Mar 1887	MS: lost; unpub.
BV 225	String Quartet no. 2 in D minor Op. 26 (score)	Jun 1887	pub. 1889
BV 226	Fuge über das Volkslied "O, du mein lieber Augustin", for piano duet	Jun 1888	pub. 1985
BV 227	Finnländische Volksweisen Op. 27, for piano 4-hands (score)	1888	pub. 1889
BV 228	Piece (Étude in C major), for piano (untitled)	undated	MS: BSL; unpub.
BV 229	Four Bagatelles Op. 28, for violin and piano	1888	pub.^[61]
BV 230	Concert Fantasie Op. 29, for piano and orchestra	Dec 1888 - 1889	MS: BSL; unpub.; rev. as BV 240
BV 231	Sigune, oder das stille Dorf. Opera in 2 acts and a prelude.	1 February 1885 - Jun 1889	MS: BSL; unpub.
BV 232	Marche Funèbre, for (piano and) orchestra	undated	MS: BSL (frag); unpub.
BV 233	Sonata I (in D-flat major), for piano	undated	MS: BSL (frag); unpub.
BV 234	Sonata (no. 1 in E minor) Op. 29, for violin and piano (score)	1889	pub. 1891
BV 235	Zwei Klavierstücke [Two Pieces for Piano] Op. 30a^[62]	1889	pub. D. Rahter, Hamburg, 1891; rev. as BV 235a
BV 235a	Zwei Tanzstücke [Two Dance Pieces] Op. 30a, for piano^[63] (score)	1914	pub. B&H, 1914; rev. from BV 235
BV 236	Konzertstück [Concert Piece] Op. 31a, for piano and orchestra (score)	1889 - Jun 1890	pub.;^[64] dur. 20 min; instr;^[65] fp;^[66] ded. Anton Rubinstein
BV 237	Kultaselle. Zehn kurze Variationen über ein finnisches Volkslied [Ten short variations on a Finnish Folk Song], for piano and cello	May 1889?	pub. Rudolf Dietrich, Leipzig, and B&H, 1891, 1951?
BV 238	Vierte Ballet-Scene in Form eines Concert-Walzers [Fourth Ballet Scene in the Form of a Concert Waltz] Op. 33a, for piano (score)	Jun 1894^[67]	pub. B&H, 1894; ded. Carl Stasny; rev., see BV 238a
BV 238a	Vierte Ballet Szene (Walzer und Galopp) [Fourth Ballet Scene (Waltz and Gallop)], for piano (score)	16 February 1913	pub. B&H, 1913; fp;^[68] ded. Carl Stasny; rev. from BV 238
BV 239	5^e Scéne de Ballet [5th Ballet Scene], (in A minor) for piano	undated, after 1892?^[69]	SB (frag); unpub.
BV 240	Symphonisches Tongedicht [Symphonic Tone Poem], Op. 31a	1 March 1893	pub. B&H, 1894; instr;^[70] ded. Arthur Nikisch
BV 241	[6] Stücke [Pieces] Op. 33b, for piano (score)	1895	MS, pub, ded
BV 242	Geharnischte Suite [Armored Suite] Op. 34a, for orchestra (Second Orchestral Suite) (score)	1894-5; rev. 1903	pub. B&H, 1905
BV 243	Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35a (score)	1896 - Mar 1897	pub. B&H, 1899; dur. 28 min; instr;^[71] fp;^[72] ded. Henri Petri^[73]
BV 244	Sonata no.2 (in E minor) Op. 36a, for violin and piano (score)	May 1898 and Aug 1900	SB pub. B&H, 1901 EB 5189; dur. 32 min; fp;^[74] ded. Ottokar Nováček
BV 245	Eine Lustspielouvertüre (Comedy Overture) Op. 38, for orchestra (score)	July 1897; rev. 1904	pub. B&H, 1904; dur. 8 min
BV 246	Ballade (in D-flat major), for piano	undated	SB224 (sketches); unpub.
BV 247	Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39 (score)	1901 - 3 August 1904	MS, pub, instr, fp
BV 247a	Coda supplementaria for Piano Concerto^[75]	13 August 1908	MS;^[76] unpub.^[77]
BV 248	Turandot Suite Op. 41, for orchestra (score)^[78]	Jun-Aug 1905	pub. B&H, 1906 PB 1976; dur. 33 min; instr;^[79] fp;^[80] ded. Karl Muck
BV 248a	Verzweiflung und Ergebung [Despair and Resignation]: appendix to the Turandot Suite (score)	1911	pub. B&H, 1911 PB 2309; dur. 4 min; instr; fp^[81]
	Altoums Warnung [Altoum's Warning]: second appendix to the Turandot Suite (replaces the Marcia funebre).	1917	pub. B&H, 1918 PB 1976a; dur. 6 min (inc. Finale alla Turca); instr; fp^[82]
BV 249	Elegien. 6 neue Klavierstücke. (score) [Elegies. 6 new piano pieces]	Sep-Dec 1907	MS, pub, fp
BV 250	Introduction music for "Das Wunder des Heiligen Antonius: Der Leichenschmaus" ["The Miracle of Saint Anthony: The Funeral Feast"]	1908-1911^[83]	MS: (sketches);^[84] unpub.
BV 251	Nuit de Noël. Esquisse [Christmas. Sketch], for piano (score)	Dec 1908	SB pub. Durand et Fils, Paris, 1909; dur. 4 min; ded. Frida Kindler
BV 252	Berceuse (Lullaby), for piano (score)	5 June 1909	pub.
BV 252a	Berceuse élégiaque Op. 42, for orchestra (score)^[85] ^[86]	27 October 1909	pub.
BV 253	Fantasia nach Johann Sebastian Bach, for piano (score)	8 June 1909	pub.
BV 254	An die Jugend. Eine folge von Klavierstücken (score) [To Youth. A sequence of piano pieces]	Jul-Aug 1909	MS, pub, ded, fp
BV 255	Große Fuge [Great Fugue], for piano^[87]	January – 1 Mar 1910	pub.
BV 256	Fantasia Contrappuntistica. Edizione definitiva, for piano (score)^[88]	Jun 1910	pub.
BV 256a	Fantasia Contrappuntistica. Edizione minore, for piano (score)^[89]	20 July 1912	pub.
BV 256b	Fantasia Contrappuntistica, for 2 pianos (score)^[90]	3 July 1921	pub.
BV 257	Sonatina (No. 1), for piano (score)	4 August 1910
BV 258	Die Brautwahl (opera)^[91]	2 February 1906 – 8 October 1911	pub.
BV 259	Sonatina seconda, for piano (score)	6 July 1912	pub.
BV 260	Operetten Musik (Incidental Music), for Wedekind's Franziska	1912	SB260 (sketches); unpub.
BV 261	Die Brautwahl Suite Op. 45, for orchestra (score)	Aug 1912	pub.
BV 262	Nocturne symphonique Op. 43, for orchestra	Oct 1912 – 6 July 1913	pub.
BV 263	Su monte Mario, "Solenni in vetta a Monte Mario" (Giosuè Carducci), (song) for baritone and orchestra	18 August 1914	SB (frag); unpub.
BV 264	Indianische Fantasie [Indian Fantasy] Op. 44, for piano and orchestra (score)	Apr 1913 – 22 February 1914	pub.
BV 265	Floh-Sprung. Canon for two voices with obbligato bass	21 August 1914	pub. 1932^[92]
BV 266	Rondò arlecchinesco Op. 46, for orchestra and tenor solo (score)	April – 8 Jun 1915	MS: Library of Congress, Washington, and SB; pub. B&H, 1917
BV 267	Indianisches Tagebuch. Erstes Buch. [Indian Diary. First Book], for piano (score)^[93]	June – 8 Aug 1915	pub.
BV 268	Sonatina (no. 3) "ad usum infantis," for piano (score)	Jul 1915	pub.
BV 269	Gesang vom Reigen der Geister [Song of Dancing of the Spirits]. Indianisches Tagebuch. Zweites Buch. [Indian Diary. Second Book] Op. 47, for small orchestra	August – 30 Dec 1915	pub.
BV 270	Arlecchino (opera) Op. 50 (score)	Nov -Dec 1914; Nov 1915 - Aug 1916	pub.
BV 271	Improvisation über das Bachsche Chorallied "Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seele" [Improvisation on the Bach chorale "How good I feel, O friend of the soul"], for 2 pianos (score)	- 26 June Aug 1916	pub.
BV 272	Albumblatt [Albumleaf] (in E minor), for flute (or muted violin) and piano	1916	SB pub. B&H, 1917; ded. Albert Biolley;^[94] arr. for piano, see BV272a,
BV 272a	Albumblatt [Albumleaf] (in E minor), for piano	1917	pub. B&H, 1918;^[95] ded. Albert Biolley; arr. from BV 272
BV 273	Turandot (opera). Eine chinesische Fabel nach Gozzi in zwei Akten. [A Chinese fable after Gozzi in two acts.]	Dec 1916 - Mar 1917	pub. B&H, 1918 (vocal score only); ded. Arturo Toscanini
BV 274	Sonatina (no. 4) "in diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII" for piano (score)	22 December 1917	ms, pub, ded, fp (see §BV274d)
BV 275	Sonatina quasi Sonata for piano	1917^[96]	MS: (sketches)
BV 276	Concertino Op. 48, for clarinet and small orchestra (score)	Mar-Apr 1918	pub. B&H, 1918; dur. 10 min; fp;^[97] instr;^[98] arr.;^[99] ded. Edmondo Allegra
BV 277	Altoums Gebet. "Konfutse, dir hab' ich geschworen" (Ferruccio Busoni) [Altoum's Prayer. "Confucius, to you have I sworn."] Op. 49 no. 1, for baritone and small orchestra	1917^[100]	pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner
BV 278	Lied des Mephistopheles. "Es war einmal ein König" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from Faust) [Mephistopheles' Song. "Once upon a time there was a king"] (from Goethe's drama Faust), Op. 49 no. 2, for baritone and small orchestra	30 March 1918	SB pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. from BV278a
BV 278a	Lied des Mephistopheles. "Es war einmal ein König" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from Faust) [Mephistopheles' Song. "Once upon a time there was a king"] (from Goethe's drama Faust), Op. 49 no. 2, for baritone and piano	Mar 1918 or later?	SB pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. baritone and small orchestra, see BV 278
BV 279	Notturni [Nocturnes] (in A minor). Prologo, for piano	20 May 1918	SB unpub.; ded. Riccardo Hadl
BV 280	Sonatina brevis (no. 5), "In Signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni," for piano (score)	19 August 1918	SB pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Philipp Jarnach
BV 281	Lied des Unmuts. "Keinen Reimer wird man finden" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from West-östlicher Diwan) [Song of ill humor. "Not a rhymer does one find"], for baritone and piano	May 1918?	SB pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. for baritone and orchestra, see BV 281a
BV 281a	Lied des Unmuts. "Keinen Reimer wird man finden" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from West-östlicher Diwan) [Song of ill humor. "Not a rhymer does one find"], for baritone and orchestra	20 February 1924	SB pub. B&H, Wiesbaden, 1964; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. from BV 281
BV 282	Sarabande und Cortège Op. 51. Two studies for Doktor Faust, [Fifth and Sixth Elegies for Orchestra] (score)	Dec 1918 - Jan 1919	pub. B&H, 1920
BV 283	Eldorado. "Gaily bedight, A gallant knight" (Edgar Allan Poe), (song) for voice and piano	10 June 1919	SB (sketches); unpub.
BV 284	Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen [Chamber Fantasy after Carmen] (Sonatina no. 6), for piano (score)	20 March 1920	SB pub. B&H, 1920; ded. Leonhard Tauber
BV 285	Divertimento Op. 52, for flute and small orchestra (score)	May 1920	SB pub. B&H, 1922; ded. Philippe Gaubert
BV 286	Elegie (in E-flat major), for clarinet and piano (score)	Sep 1919 and Jan 1920	SB (sketch); pub. B&H, 1921; ded. Edmondo Allegra
BV 287	Toccata: Preludio, Fantasia, and Ciaccona, for piano (score)	21 July – Sep 1920	MS;^[101] pub.;^[102] ded. Isidor Philipp
BV 288	Tanzwalzer Op. 53, for orchestra (score)	Sep – Oct 1920	pub. B&H, 1922; dur. 12 min; fp;^[103] instr;^[104] ded. the memory of Johann Strauss
BV 289	Drei Albumblätter [Three Albumleaves], for piano (score)^[105]	May 1921	pub. B&H, 1921;^[106] dur. 8 min; fp;^[107] ded.
BV 290	Romanza e scherzoso Op. 54, for piano and orchestra	21 June 1921	SB pub. B&H, 1922, PB 2639; dur. 8 min; fp;^[108] instr;^[109] ded. Alfredo Casella; see BV 292
BV 291a	Die Bekehrte, "Bei dem Glanze der Abendröte" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) [The Convert, "By the radiance of the afterglow"], (song) for female voice and piano	22 September 1921	MS: Library of Congress, Washington; pub. B&H, 1937, DLV 4791; dur. 4 min; ded. Lola Artôt de Padilla
BV 291b	Die Spröde, "An dem reinsten Frühlingsmorgen" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) [The Prude, "On the clearest spring morning"], (song) for female voice and piano	Sep 1921	MS: University of Tennessee, Knoxville (frag, sketches); unpub.
BV 292	Concertino Op. 54, for piano and orchestra	21 June 1921	pub. B&H, 1937 (BV 236 followed by BV 290); fp^[110]
BV 293	Perpetuum mobile, 'nach des Concertino II. Satz Op. 54' (Perpetuum mobile, after the second movement of the Concertino Op. 54), for piano (score)	Feb 1922	pub. B&H, 1922, EB 5231, plate number 28765; dur. 3 min; ded. Cella Delavrancea
BV 294	Grausige Geschichte vom Münzjuden Lippold. Aus der Oper Die Brautwahl [Gruesome Tale of Lippold, the Jew-[[coining (metalworking)\|coiner]]. From the opera The Bridal Choice], for voice (baritone) and orchestra^[111]	16 February - Mar 1923	SB unpub.; dur. 6 min; instr;^[112] arr. baritone and piano, see BV 294a
BV 294a	Grausige Geschichte vom Münzjuden Lippold. Aus der Oper Die Brautwahl [Gruesome Tale of Lippold, the Jew-[[coining (metalworking)\|coiner]]. From the opera The Bridal Choice], for voice (baritone) and piano	30 March 1923	SB unpub.; dur. 6 min; arr. of BV 294
BV 295	Zigeunerlied [Gypsy Song] Op. 55 no. 2, "Im Nebelgeriesel, im tiefen Schnee" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) [In the misty drizzle, in the deep snow], for baritone and orchestra	27 March 1923	SB pub. B&H;^[113] dur. 8 min; fp;^[114] instr;^[115] arr. baritone and piano, see BV 295a
BV 295a	Zigeunerlied [Gypsy Song] Op. 55 no. 2, "Im Nebelgeriesel, im tiefen Schnee" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) [In the misty drizzle, in the deep snow], for baritone and piano	Mar 1923	pub.;^[116] arr. of BV 295
BV 296	Fünf kurze Stücke zur Pflege des polyphonen Spiels auf dem Pianoforte. [Five short pieces for the cultivation of polyphonic playing on the piano.]^[117]	- 19 March May 1923	MS;^[118] pub.;^[119] fp;^[120] dur. 16 min; ded. Edwin Fischer
BV 297	Prélude et Étude en Arpèges [Prelude and Etude in [[Arpeggios]]], for piano (score)	29 January and 12 February 1923	MS;^[121] pub.;^[122] dur. 7 min; fp^[123]
BV 298	Schlechter Trost, "Mitternachts weint' und schluchzt' ich" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) [Poor Comfort, "At midnight I cried and sobbed"], (song) for baritone and orchestra	24 February 1924	SB pub.;^[124] dur. 3 min; fp;^[125] instr;^[126] arr. baritone and piano, see BV 298a
BV 298a	Schlechter Trost, "Mitternachts weint' und schluchzt' ich" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) [Poor Comfort, "At midnight I cried and sobbed"], (song) for baritone and piano	Feb 1924	pub.;^[127] arr. from BV 298a
BV 299	Lied des Brander, "Es war eine Ratt' im Kellernest" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, from Faust) [Brander's Song, "There was a rat in the basement nest"], for baritone and piano	Mar 1918	SB (incomplete); pub.;^[128] dur. 2 min; arr.^[129]
BV 300	"Es war ein König in Thule" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) ["There was a king in Thule"], (song) for baritone and piano	1918	SB (sketches); unpub.
BV 301	"Wie an dem Tag, der dich der Welt verliehen" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) ["How on the day, which bestowed thee upon the world"], (song) for voice and piano	1918	SB (sketches); unpub.
BV 302	"Freudvoll und leidvoll" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) [Joyful and sorrowful], (song) for voice and piano	1918	SB (sketches); unpub.
BV 303	Doktor Faust (opera)	Sep 1916 - May 1923 (unfinished)	pub. B&H

Appendix

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This section lists additional original works not assigned numbers in the Kindermann catalog. They are listed in the order given in Roberge (pp. 45–46) with one additional item (no. 9).

No.	Title	Date(s) of composition	Details
1	Overtüre zu einem gedachten Singspiel nach der Tradition des "Lieben Augustin", for orchestra [Overture for an intended [[Singspiel]] based on the "Lieber Augustin" Tradition]	undated; ca. 1888	MS: SB207 (sketch); unpub.^[130]
2	(Incidental) Music for Gozzi's "Turandot," for orchestra and female voices	Jun 1905	MS (lost); unpub.; fp; arr.^[131]
3	Klavierübung in fünf Teilen [Piano tutorial in five parts] (First Edition)	1917–1922	MS, pub, ded
4	Nachtrag zu Turandot - "Diese Zeichen von Trauer" [Addenda to Turandot - "These signs of mourning"]	22 June 1921	SB unpub.^[132]
5	Reminiscenza Rossiniana, "Caro Dent due paroline in confidenza" (Ferruccio Busoni) ["My dear Dent, two small words in confidence"], for voice and piano	3 March 1923	pub. Dent, pp. 278–9.
6	Lied der Schieber am Kurfürstendamm, "Wir schieben, wir schieben" (Ferruccio Busoni) [Song of the Profiteers on Kurfürstendamm, "We profiteer, we profiteer"], for unison choir and piano	20 April 1923	SB, unpub.
7	Klavierübung in zehn Büchern, zweite umgestaltete und bereicherte Ausgabe. [Piano tutorial in ten books, second reorganized and enriched edition.]	Dec 1923 - Jan 1924	MS, pub
8	"Ich hab' gesucht und nichts gefunden" (Ferruccio Busoni) ["I have searched and found nothing"], for SSA	14 January 1924	MS, pub., ded.^[133]
9	(Six miniature etudes for piano, the last one incomplete) (untitled)	undated	SB165; unpub.^[134]

Catalog details

This section contains detailed information for selected catalog items.

^ BV 42

String quartet no. 2 (in F minor)Comprises: 4 movements1) Allegro Agitato2) Andante Sostenuto3) Scherzo - Trio4) Allegro VivaceMS: SB53 (4 pages score)Title: 2º Quartetto composto da Ferruccio Benvenuto BusoniDed: Al mio amatissimo padre (Ferdinando Busoni).Date: Scritto il 28 Aprile 1876 (at the end of the 1st movement).Pub: unpublishedRef: Kindermann, pp. 43-44; Roberge, p. 11; Beaumont, p. 357.

^ BV 45

Il Dolore: Romanza senza parole [Sorrow: Romance without words] (in A minor), for pianoTempo: AndanteMS: SB40 (6 pages score)Ded: Alla Memoria dell' Illustrissimo Signor Barone Hermann de Todesco.Date: Composta il 21 Giugno 1876 all'età di anni 10 in Gmunden.MS: SB N. Mus. ms. 120 (copy of SB40)Title: Der Schmerz. Lied ohne Worte für Klavier allein, componirt von dem 10jährigen Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni.Ded: Zur Erinnerung an den Herrn Baron Hermann von Todesco.Date: Scritta il 21 Giugno 1876 all'età di anni 10.Ref: Kindermann, pp. 45-46; Roberge, p. 11; Beaumont, p. 357; Sitsky, pp. 13, 364, 380.

^ BV 48

Gavottina (in F major) Op. 3 no. 3, for pianoMS: SB55 (2 pages); SB56 "Gavotta" is identical to SB55.Date: Scritta l'11 Novembre 1876 all'età di anni 10 e mezzo a Vienna.Note: This piece was probably intended for BV 71 (Beaumont).Ref: Kindermann, p. 47; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, p. 364.

^ BV 51 Ouverture (in E major), for (large) orchestra (unfinished)Tempi: Moderato - AllegroMS: SB58 (title page, 25 pages score) (fragment)Title: Ouverture per Grande Orchestra composta da Ferr. Weiß-BusoniDate: Composta nell'anno 1876 in Vienna.Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone; timpani, tubular bells, harp; stringsPub: unpublishedArrangement: piano duet, see BV 128Ref: Kindermann, pp. 48-49; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 357.

^ BV 57

Sonata (No. 4 in F minor)? (unfinished)Alternative titles:1) Zwei Kompositionen in d-Moll und f-Moll für Pianoforte (Kindermann)2) Two Pieces in D minor and F minor for Piano (fragments) (Roberge)3) 2 pieces Op. 6, for piano (Beaumont)4) Sonata fragment Op. 6 (Sitsky)MS: SB78Comprises:1) Titlepage: "Op. 6"2) Piece in D minor (3 pages, fragment)3) Piece in F minor (5 pages, fragment)Notes:1) On the last page of (3) is written: "Sonata 4ª"2) On the first page of (3) are listed:Iª Sonata Do magg: [probably [[#BV58d|BV 58]]IIª Sonata Re magg: [probably BV 61]IIIª Sonata Mi magg: [probably BV 65]IVª Sonata Fa min: [probably this work, BV 57]Vª Sonata [to] IXª Sonata [all without indication of key]This list probably refers to an intended set of sonatas which was never completed. (Kindermann, Sitsky)Ref: Kindermann, pp. 51-52; Sitsky, pp. 23-24; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 358.

^ BV 58

Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 7, for pianoMS: ' SB64 (Title page; 1 blank page; no.1: 3 pages; 2 blank pages; nos. 2-4: 6 pages; 2 blank pages)Comprises:1) Allegro con brio2) Andante mosso3) (Menuet) - Trio4) (no tempo marking; 2/4)Title: Sonata No. 1 in Do magg: Op. 7 Composta da Ferruccio Benvenuto BusoniDate: il 20 Maggio 1877 all' età di anni undici e 2 mesi in tempo sua malattiaNote: This sonata was probably intended to be part of a set of at least 9 sonatas, never completed (see BV 57).Ref: Kindermann, pp. 52-53; Sitsky, pp. 23-24; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 358.

^ BV 61

Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 8, for pianoMS: SB67 (Title page; 21 pages score; 1 blank page)Comprises:1) Allegro con fuoco2) Andante con Variazione: Andante con moto quasi Andantino3) Andante - Allegro VivaceTitle: Sonata No. 2 in Re magg: Composta per il pianoforte. Op. 8 da Ferruccio Benvenuto BusoniDate: il 5 Luglio 1877 in Gmunden all' età di anni 11.Note:1) This sonata was probably intended to be part of a set of at least 9 sonatas, never completed (see BV 57).2) BV 62 may originally have been intended to be part of this sonata (Beaumont).Ref: Kindermann, pp. 54-55; Sitsky, pp. 23-24; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 358.

^ BV 62

Scherzo (in F-sharp minor), for pianoTempo: PrestoMS: G. Ricordi, MilanTitle: Scherzo, tratto dalla Sonata Op. 8 in Mi magg: composto da Ferruccio Benv. Busoni[Scherzo from the Sonata Op. 8 in E major, composed by Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni]Ded: All'Illustre Critico Sigr. Filippo Dr. Filippi.Date: Gmunden, (Austr. Sup.) Luglio 1877Pub: F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, plate. no. Z 35468 Z, (5 pages)Title: Scherzo per pianoforte tratto dalla Sonata Op. 8 in Mi MaggioreDed: All'Illustre Critico Cavaliere Filippo Dott^r. Filippi.Notes:1) Scherzo movement probably originally intended for the Sonata No. 3 in E major Op. 9, BV 65 (Sitsky); or the Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 8, BV 61 (Beaumont).2) According to Busoni's handwritten catalog of works (ca. 1881) the piece was composed on 5 July 1877.3) Publication was announced on 16 September 1882 in L'Arte, Trieste.Ref: Kindermann, pp. 55-56; Sitsky, p. 41; Beaumont, p. 358.

^ BV 64

Preludio (in E minor), for pianoTempo: Andante sostenutoMS: SB68 (1 page)Title: PreludioDate: Gmunden den 4 September 1877 (at the end of the composition).Text: "Du bist wie eine Blume" (Heinrich Heine) ["You are like a flower"]Note: The text by Heine appears in the piano part rather than the title.Ref: Kindermann, p. 57; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, p. 365.

^ BV 65

Sonata No. 3 in E major Op. 9, for piano (unfinished)MS: SB69Title: Sonata No. 3 in Mi magg: Op. 9Comprises:1) (no tempo marking; E major; 4/4; 8 pages)2) one intervening title page: Sonata Nº 3 Mi maggiore3) Finale (E major; 6/8; sketch, 6 pages)Date: Composta il 14 September 1877 (at the end of the composition).Notes:1) BV 62 was probably originally to be part of this sonata (Sitsky).2) This sonata was probably intended to be part of a set of at least 9 sonatas, never completed (see BV 57).Ref: Kindermann, pp. 57-58; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, pp. 41, 365.

^ BV 67

"Ave Maria," (Antiphon) Op. 1, for voice and pianoMS: unknownComp: 1 October 1977 (set Note 1)Pub: Vienna: C. A. Spina and Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. [1878 (Dent)], plate no. C.24586, (5 pages)Title: Ave Maria per Canto accompagnamento dir Pianoforte, Op. 1Ded: Omaggio al celebre Tenore Cav. Angelo MasiniNotes:1) Date of composition for this work is written on the first page of ms SB360 (BV 50): "Ave Maria 1/10/77"2) According to Busoni's handwritten catalog of works (ca. 1881) the piece was composed in 1877 in Gmunden.Ref: Kindermann, pp. 58-59; Dent, p. 345; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358.

^ BV 71

Cinq Pièces [Five Pieces] Op. 3, for pianoComprises:1) Preludio: Andante2) Minuetto - Trio3) Gavotta - Trio4) Etude: Allegretto con moto5) Gigue: AllegroComp: 1877MS: unknownPub: Leipzig: August Cranz, n.d. [1877 (Dent)], plate nos. C.24541 to C.24545, (3, 5, 5, 5, and 7 pages)First performance: Vienna and Baden, 1878; Ferruccio Busoni, pianoNotes:1) According to Busoni's handwritten catalog of works (ca. 1881) this piece was composed in 1877 in Vienna.2) This is Busoni's first published work.Ref: Dent, p. 340; Kindermann, pp. 61-63; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, pp. 40-41.

^ BV 72

Andante con moto (in E minor) Op. 10, for clarinet and pianoAlternative titles:1) Komposition in e-Moll für Klarinette und Pianoforte (Kindermann)2) Suite in E minor for Clarinet and Piano (Roberge)3) Suite Op. 10, for clarinet and piano (Beaumont)Comprises: Andante con moto (in E minor) (4/4, 80 bars) (one movement only)MS: SB79Page inventory:Full score: Title page; 3 pages score (clarinet in C; piano); 1 blank page; 2 pages scoreClarinet part in C: both sides of a single sheetTitle: Klarinetten-Suite, Op. 10Date: 1877.Pub: Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1992; cat. no. HN 467; ed. by Georg MeerweinTitle: Andante con motoFull score: pp. 1-3 (clarinet in C; piano)Clarinet part: p. 1 (in B-flat); p. 18 (in C).Note: Between measures 40 and 41 the full score and the clarinet part of the manuscript have an additional 14 bars not included in the published score. These were later stricken from the ms full score. The clarinet part notates this section in "two-part texture." (Meerwein)Ref: Meerwein, Full score: pp. vi-vii (Preface), 53 (Comments); Kindermann, p. 63; Beaumont, p. 359; Roberge, p. 13; Sitsky, p. 365.

^ BV 203

Six études Op. 16, for pianoComprises:Etüde 1. Allegro decisoEtüde 2. Allegro moderatoEtüde 3. ModeratoEtüde 4. Allegro vivace e con fuocoEtüde 5. (Fuga.) Allegro giustoEtüde 6. Scherzo. Vivacissimo, energico, feroceComp: 1883 (B.)Manuscript: UnknownPublications:1) Vienna: Albert J. Gutmann, n.d. [1883 (D.)], cat. no. A.J.G. 614, plate no. 8285, (29 pages)2) No. 5 only: Vienna: Albert J. Gutmann, Copyright 1884 by G. Schirmer, New York, cat. no. 530, (8 pages)3) Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1886 by G. Schirmer, New York, cat. no. EB 5079, plate no. 28468 (29 pages)4) No. 5 only: [Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel], Copyright 1886 by G. Schirmer, New York, plate no. A.J.G. 530, (8 pages)5) Reprint: Wiesbaden-Leipzig-Paris: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. [1950? or later], cat. no. 5079, plate no. 28468, (29 pages)6) Nos. 2-4: Moscow: Muzyka, 1969, ed. Grigorii Kogan (R.)Dedication: Johannes BrahmsFirst performances:1) Graz, 21 October 1883; (no. 5 only); Ferruccio Busoni, piano. (R.)2) Vienna, 1884; (only 2 of the 6); Ferruccio Busoni, piano (D.)Ref: Dent, pp. 46, 341; Kindermann, pp. 163-165; Sitsky, p. 47; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 26.

BV 204

Sonate f-moll Op. 20 für Klavier [Sonata in F minor, Op. 20, for piano]Comprises:^[135] 1) Allegro risoluto vivace ed energico2) Andante con moto3) Nella guesa d'un'improvvisazione - Allegro fugatoManuscript: SB187 (Sonate Op. 20)Dedication: Anton Rubinstein gewidmetDated: Vienna Natale 1883 [Vienna, Christmas, 1883] (at the end of the manuscript)First performance: Vienna, Bösendorfer Saal, 6 March 1884; Ferruccio Busoni, pianoPublication: B&H, 1983, as Op. 20a, ed. Jutta TheurichRecording: Wolf Harden, piano (Naxos 8572077)^[135] Ref: Dent, p. 341; Kindermann. pp. 165 - 166; Sitsky, p. 26; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 26.

BV 241

[6] Stücke [Pieces] Op. 33b, for pianoComprises:Series I (ded. Max Reger):1) Schwermut [Melancholy]2) Frohsinn [Gaiety],3) Scherzino [Little [[Scherzo]]]Series II (ded. Isabella Stewart Gardner):4) Fantasia in modo antico [Fantasia in antique style]. Allegro risoluto5) Finnische Ballade [Finnish [[Ballade (classical music)#Instrumental ballades|Ballade]]]6) Exeunt omnes [Everyone exits]Composed: 1895 (Beaumont)Manuscript: Busoni Archive No.223 (sketches)Title: Finnische Ballade4 sheets, notated on one side only, attachedPublications:1) Leipzig: C. F. Peters, Copyright 1896, cat. no. 2838, plates 8222 (nos. 1-3); 8223 (nos. 4-6), 36 pages2) Helsinki: Fazer, 1957 (no. 6 only, with a note by Roberto Wis)3) Moscow: Muzyka, 1969 (nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, ed. Grigorii Kogan)4) Frankfurt, New York, and London: C. F. Peters, 1982Ref: Dent, p. 342; Kindermann, pp. 213-216; Beaumont, p. 368; Roberge, p. 31.

^ BV 274

Sonatina in diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII für Klavier zu zwei HändenMS:1) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel (dated 22 December 1917, at the end of the composition)2) SB304 (dated 19 December 1917; 21 December 1917, at the end)Dedication: "An Benvenuto" (Benvenuto Busoni)Pub:1) Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1918, cat. no. EB 5071, plate no. 27744, (9 pages)2) Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, [1949] (reprint)3) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1960 or later] (reprint)4) Milan: Ricordi, 1986.First performance: Tonhalle, Zürich (?); 24 January 1910; Ferruccio Busoni, piano.Ref: Kindermann, pp. 331-332; Dent, p. 344; Roberge, p. 39; Beaumont, pp. 251, 370; Sitsky, pp. 79, 376, 381.

Clarinet and piano compilation

Ferruccio Busoni: Early Character Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
- Pub: Munich: G. Henle Verlag; 1992; cat. no. HN 467; edited by Georg Meerwein; fingering of piano part by Klaus Schilde.
- Note: clarinet in B-flat, except as noted (cl = clarinet; pf = piano)
- Contents: full score (cl & pf); instrumental part (cl)
  - Preface, p. V-VIII (full score only; by Georg Meerwein, Bamberg, autumn 1991)
  - Andante con moto (BV 72), pp. 1-3 (cl in C & pf); p. 2 (cl in B-flat), p. 18 (cl in C)
  - Suite (BV 88):
    1. Improvvisata [Impromptu]: Allegro, pp. 4-6; p. 3
    2. Barcarola: Allegretto, pp. 7-9; p. 4
    3. Elegia: Adagio, pp. 10-12; p. 5
    4. Danza campestre, pp. 13-17; pp. 6-7
    5. Tema variato: Andante sostenuto, pp. 18-21; pp. 7-8
    6. Serenata, pp. 22-24; p. 9
  - Solo dramatique: Allegro maestoso (BV 101), pp. 25-30; pp. 10-11
  - Andantino (BV 107), pp. 31-34; pp. 12-13
  - Serenade (BV 108), pp. 35-40; pp. 14-15
  - Novellette: Allegro (BV 116), pp. 41-51; pp. 16-17
  - Comments, pp. 53-55 (full score only; by Georg Meerwein)

Biographical notes

Caroline (or Karoline) Bettelheim (1843-1891), wife of Julius Gomperz. Born in Hungary in humble circumstances, she became a pianist, sang at the Carltheater in Vienna, and from 1872 as a contralto at the Vienna Hofoper. After her marriage she gave up singing in public except at charity events. (Dent, p. 21; Beaumont, p. 16.)
Anna Weiß-Busoni (13 January 1833 – 3 October 1909), Ferruccio Busoni's mother, was a well-known professional pianist. She and his father Ferdinando, a clarinet player, toured together frequently while Ferruccio was still a young boy. She also initiated piano, violin, and toy flute lessons with her young son not long before to his fourth birthday, when the family was living in Paris. (Dent, pp. 5, 10, 190.)
Benvenuto Busoni (24 May 1892 - 1976), the first of Ferruccio Busoni's two sons, was born in Boston while his father held a post at the New England Conservatory of Music. He became a painter as an adult and on 28 January 1922 married Henriette Rinderknecht, a seamstress from Zurich. It has been said that he chose to marry her because she had never heard of his father. He died in Berlin. (Dent, pp. 98, 253; Beaumont, p. 348; Couling, pp. 333, 354.)
Ferdinando Busoni (24 June 1834 – 12 May 1909) was Ferruccio Busoni's father and an accomplished clarinet player. Early in 1873, upon returning from a tour and rejoining his family in Trieste, Ferdinando took charge of Ferruccio's piano instruction shortly before the boy's seventh birthday. He also added lessons in composition. Ferruccio wrote his first preserved piece, Canzone, Op. 1 (BV 1), in June of that year. He made his first appearance in public as a pianist in a concert with his parents on 23 November 1873. (Dent, pp. 2, 16-17, 189; Kindermann, p. 21.)
Luigi Cimoso (†15 or 16 June 1884), a pianist and teacher, was a close friend of Ferruccio Busoni and Busoni's mother Anna. (Dent, p. 24; Beaumont, p. 24.)
Gomperz Family: In 1875 Ferrucio Busoni enrolled in the Vienna Conservatory. During his time in Vienna he was taken under the wing of the Gomperz family, who were at the center of artistic and intellectual life there. See: Julius Gomperz, Caroline Bettelheim, Theodor Gomperz, Sophie Baroness Todesco, Josephine von Wertheimstein. (Dent, p. 21.)
Julius Gomperz, a well-known man of letters, married Caroline Bettelheim. He was a member of the Gomperz family: brother to Theodor Gomperz, Sophie Baroness Todesco, and Josephine von Wertheimstein. Julius and Caroline, who were childless, at one point proposed adopting Ferruccio Busoni, but his parents were unwilling to give him up. (Dent, p. 21.)
Theodor Gomperz (1832-1912) was a historian of philosophy. A member of the Gomperz family: brother to Julius Gomperz, Sophie Baroness Todesco, and Josephine von Wertheimstein. (Dent, p. 21; Seising, p. 65.)
Ersilia Grusovin was Ferruccio Busoni's cousin and the daughter of Mina Weiß Grusovin, his mother Anna's sister. (Dent, p. 8.)
Angelo Masini (1844–1926) was an Italian tenor, admired for his portrayal of the title role in Donzetti's Don Sebastiano.^[136]
Gino Tagliapietra (1887-1954) was an Italian pianist and composer. He became a professor at the Liceo Benedetto Marcello, Venice. (Beaumont, 1987, p. 80n.)
Hermann de Todesco was the husband of Sophie Baroness Todesco (née Gomperz). (Dent, p. 21.)
Sophie Baroness Todesco (née Gomperz) (1825-1895), wife of Baron Hermann de Todesco; member of the Gomperz family: sister of Theodor Gomperz, Julius Gomperz, and Josephine von Wertheimstein. She provided a tutor for the young Ferruccio Busoni (German and general subjects), and she and her sister Josephine generously contributed money toward his expenses over a period of many years. (Dent, p. 21; Seising, p. 65.)
Josephine von Wertheimstein (née Gomperz) (1820-1894), a member of the Gomperz family: sister of Theodor Gomperz, Julius Gomperz, and Sophie Baroness Todesco. She and her sister Sophie contributed money toward Ferruccio Busoni's expenses. (Dent, p. 21; Seising, p. 65.)

Notes

^JUItem, originally part of the Busoni-Archive, reported "lost" after World War II (Sitsky, 1986). More recently it has been revealed that the Jagiellonian University in Cracow has it. (Sitsky, 2008, p. 383)

References

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Book: . 1987 . Busoni: Selected Letters . New York . . 0-231-06460-8.
Book: Couling, Della . 2005 . Ferruccio Busoni. "A Musical Ishmael" . Lanham, MD . Scarecrow Press . 0-8108-5142-3.
Book: . 1933 . Ferruccio Busoni: A Biography . London . Oxford University Press. (Reprint: London: Ernst Eulenberg, 1974) . 0-903873-02-8.
Book: Kindermann, Jürgen . 1980 . Thematisch-chronologisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Ferruccio B. Busoni. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts, . 19 . Regensburg . Gustav Bosse Verlag. . 3-7649-2033-5.
Meerwein, Georg . 1992 . Ferruccio Busoni: Early Character Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (Urtext edition) . Munich . . 979-0-201-80467-5.
Book: Prinz, Ulrich . 1970 . Ferruccio Busoni als Klavierkomponist. Stuttgart: Polyphoto Dr. Vogt. Originally PhD diss. Ruprecht-Karl-Universität, Heidelberg. (Cited in Beaumont, 1985, p. 384; Roberge, 1991, pp. xi, 309; Sitsky, 2008, p. 402.).
Book: Roberge, Marc-André . 1991 . Ferruccio Busoni: a bio-bibliography . New York . . 0-313-25587-3.
Book: Schnapp, Friedrich . 1928 . Katalog der im Nachlaß vorhandeden Musik-Manuskripte Ferruccio Busonis, 1873-1924. Typescript . Berlin State Library, Busoni Archive. (Cited in Beaumont, 1985, p. 355; Roberge, 1991, pp. xi, 143.).
Book: Seising, Rudolf . 2007 . The Fuzzification of Systems: the Genesis of Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Initial Applications - Developments up to the 1970s . Berlin . Springer. . 978-3-540-71794-2.
Book: . 2008 . Busoni and the Piano. The Works, the Writings, and the Recordings . 2nd . Hillsdale, NY . Pendragon Press. . 978-1-57647-158-6. [First edition, Westport: [[Greenwood Press]], 1986. ]

Notes and References

Dent (1933), p. 337.
Roberge (1991), p. xix
"List of Works" in Roberge, pp. 8-63.
"Selected List of Compositions" in Couling, pp. 357-368.
Among web sites using "BV" to identify the Busoni catalog are:
1) The Busoni International Piano Competition. Examples may be found with this Google search. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
2) Centro Studi Musicali Ferruccio Busoni. Examples may be found with this Google search. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
For examples of the use of the letters KiV see:
1) Musical Heritage Society web site (Retrieved 17 March 2009);
2) Amazon.com product page (Retrieved 17 March 2009).
Œuvres pour clarinette et piano
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=31977 Busoni: Clarinet Chamber Music / Klöcker, Genuit, Et Al
Letter dated 20 January 1981 to Roberge (pp. xix, xxviii)
[#Beaumont (1985)|Beaumont (1985)]
Beaumont (1985), pp. 355-373.
[#Sitsky (2008)|Sitsky]
string parts: violin I, violin II, viola, cello (Roberge, p. 13)
BV 77: Menuetto (in F major) Op. 14, for piano
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat. no. 35469
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1882, cat. no. 64496
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1926, (with BV 89) (ed. Gino Tagliapietra), ER 653
Anthologie alter und neuer Musik für Klavier, vol. 18, 1934, ed. Gino Tagliapietra, ER 1678
Ded: Paula Flamm
Note: While in Vienna, Busoni became friends with a girl his own age, Paula Flamm, the daughter of wealthy parents and also a piano student. Later she would marry Wilhelm Gericke, the conductor. (Dent, pp. 29, 45)
Ref: Sitsky, p. 44; Beaumont, p. 359; Roberge, p. 14.
BV 80: Concerto (in D minor) Op. 17, for piano and string quartet
Original title: "Concerto per piano-forte con accompagnamento di quartetto ad arco, Op. 17"
Comprises four movements:
1) Allegro (dur. 5 min)
2) Adagio (dur. 7 min)
3) Scherzo (dur. 3 min)
4) Allegro (dur. 5 min)
MS: SB84
Pub: B&H, Wiesbaden, 1987 (ed. Larry Sitsky)
Instr: Larry Sitsky proposes, based on the presence of tutti and divisi indications in the score, that a small string orchestra is ideal, with cellos doubled with the string bass, a common practice at the time.
Ref: Sitsky, pp. 26-28, 365; Beaumont, p. 359; Roberge, p. 14.
BV 81: Suite campestre Op. 18, for piano
Comprises:
1) Canzone Villereccia del Matino [Country Morning Song] Op. 5; comp. 3 April 1878
2) La Caccia [The Hunt], Op. 6; comp. 2 April 1878
3) L'Orgia [Secret Rite], Op. 7; comp. 4 April 1878
4) Il Ritorno [The Return] Op. 9; comp. 5 April 1878
5) Preghiera della Sera [Evening Prayer] Op. 10; comp. 1 April 1878
MS: SB85
Pub: B&H, Wiesbaden, 1981 (ed. by Franzpeter Goebels), EB 8127
Ref: Sitsky, p. 25; Beaumont, p. 359; Roberge, p. 14.
BV 85: Preludio e Fuga in C minor Op. 21, for piano
MS: G. Ricordi and SB?? (fugue only)
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat. no. 35470
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1926 (with BV 180, ed. Gino Tagliapietra), ER 654
Ref: Sitsky, p. 41; Beaumont, p. 359; Roberge, p. 14.
BV 88: Suite Op. 10, for clarinet and piano
Comprises:
1. Improvvisata [Impromptu]
2. Barcarola
3. Elegia
4. Danza campestre [Country Dance]
5. Tema variato [Theme with Variations]
6. Serenata
Comp: Vienna, May 1878 (nos. 2 & 3); Vienna, June 1878 (nos. 1, 4, 5, & 6)
MS: SB92
Pub: Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1992; cat. no. HN 467; ed. by Georg Meerwein
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 74-75; Beaumont, p. 359; Roberge, p. 15; Sitsky, p. 366; Meerwein, pp. vi-vii, 4-24.
BV 89: Gavotta Op. 25, for piano
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat. no. 35471
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1927, (with BV 77) (ed. Gino Tagliapietro), ER 653
Ref: Sitsky, p. 42; Beaumont, p. 360; Roberge, p. 15.
BV 98a: Des Sängers Fluch Op. 39, for alto voice and orchestra
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (Piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets; tam-tam, timpani, 2 harps; strings (Roberge, p. 16)
BV 100: Racconti Fantastici Op. 12, for piano
Comprises::
1) "Duello" ["Duel"]
2) "Klein Zaches" ["Little Zaches"] (vedi la novella fantastica di E. T. A. Hoffmann)
3) "La caverna di Steenfoll" [The Cavern of Steenfoll] (vedi il racconto fantastico di G. Hauff) Text
Comp: 1878 (Dent; Kindermann) or 1881 or 1882 (Prinz). (Roberge, p. 16.)
Pub:
Edizione Trebbi, Bologna, 1882, cat nos. 1571-73
B&H, Wiesbaden, 1983 (ed. Franzpeter Goebels), EB 8128
First performed:
Bologna, 1883. Ferruccio Busoni, piano. (Dent, 1933)
Ded: Stefano Golinelli
Ref: Dent, p. 341; Sitsky, p. 36; Beaumont, p. 364; Roberge, p. 16.
BV 101 first performed on 7 February 1879 in Mercantil-Saal, Bolzano, with Ferruccio Busoni on piano and his father, Ferdinando Busoni, on clarinet. (Roberge, p. 16)
BV 114: Albumvokale Op. 30, for voice and piano
Comprises:
1. Il fiore del Pensiero, "Brillava in sulla sera un fiorellin d'estate" (Ferdinando Busoni)
  [Flower of thought, "There glittered until evening a little summer flower"], dur. 3 min
2. L'ultimo sonno, "Il nonno dorme, eppure ha gli occhi aperti" (Michele Buono)
  [The last sleep, "The grandpa is sleeping, nevertheless has the eyes open"]
3. Un organetto suono per la via (Lorenzo Stecchetti); dur. 4 min
  [A barrel-organ plays on the street], comp. 3 July 1879; dur. 3 min
4. Ballatello, "Luna fedel tu chiama" (Arrigo Boito)
  [Little Ballad, "Faithful moon you call"]; dur. 5 min
MSS:
Museo del Teatro Verdi, Trieste
no. 2: SB123 (Untitled. A setting for voice and orchestra.)^JU
Pub: C. Schmidl and M. V. Vicentini, 1884
Ref: Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 17.
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BV 119 "Stabat Mater" Op. 55 first performed on 23 November 1879 in Graz with Ferrucio Busoni conducting. (Dent, p. 36)
BV 120a composed in the 1880s acc. Schnapp (cited in Roberge, p. 18)
BV 124: Menuetto capriccioso in C major Op. 61, for piano
Pub:
August Cranz, Hamburg, 1880
C. A. Spina, Vienna, 1880, cat. no. 25134, with BV 152
Izdatel'stvo muzyka, Moscow, 1969 (ed. Grigorii Kogan)
First performed:
Milan, 1881; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Ded: Josephine von Wertheimstein
Ref: Dent, p. 342; Sitsky, p. 42; Beaumont, p. 361; Roberge, p. 18.
BV 126: Danze antiche [Ancient Dances] Op. 11, for piano
Comprises:
1) Minuetto Op. 26 (Op. 12); comp. 22 July 1878; ded. Riccardo Eckhel
2) Gavotta Op. 62 (Op. 35); comp. 13 December 1879; ded. Giulio Fugamalli
3) Gigue Op. 63 (Op. 36); comp. 22 December 1879; ded. Giuseppe Sinico
4) Bourrée Op. 10?; comp. (undated); ded. Antonio Zampieri
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat. nos. 36963-6
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1926, ER 652, ed. Gino Tagliapietra
First performed:
No. 3: Graz, 1880; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Ref: Dent, p. 341; Sitsky, p. 44; Beaumont, pp. 360, 362; Roberge, p. 18
Undated MS; suggested as 1879 or earlier by Kindermann, p. 96.
BV 148 comp. ca. 1880 acc. Schnapp (1928) cited by Roberge, p. 20.
Undated MS comp. 1880 acc. Kindermann cited by Roberge, p. 20.
BV 152:
Pub:
August Cranz, Hamburg, 1880;
C. A. Spina, Vienna, 1880, cat. no. 35135, with BV 124.
Izdatel'stvo muzyka, Moscow, 1969 (ed. Grigorii Kogan)
First performed:
Trieste, 1881; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Ded: Baroness Sophie von Todesco
Ref: Dent, p. 342; Sitsky, p. 43; Beaumont, p. 362; Roberge, p. 20.
BV 156: Duo (in E minor) Op. 43 (Op. 73), for 2 flutes and piano
MS: SB151
Pub: Monteux, France: Musica Rara, 1991, ed. J. Theurich, (12 pages, 2 parts)
BV 157 pub. Cranz, Hamburg, 1880; Cranz, London, 1973.
Dr. Wilhelm Mayer (10 June 1831, Prague - 23 January 1898, Graz) was Busoni's composition and music teacher in Graz from Jan 1880 to Mar 1881. Mayer composed under the pseudonym W. A. Rémy. (Dent, pp. 36-40)
BV 159: Tre pezzi nello stile antico Op. 10, for piano
Comprises:
1. Menuett Op. 40; comp. 2 March 1880 (2 April 1880, acc. Roberge); ded. Ernesto Colambani
2. Sonatine Op. 46; comp. July 1880; ded. G. Gaiani
3. Gigue Op. 75 (Op. 44); comp. Jun 1880; ded. Alessandro Bussi
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat nos. 36967-9
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1882, cat. nos. 64489-91
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1927, ER 651, ed. Gino Tagliapietra
First performed:
Bologna, 1882; Ferruccio Busoni, piano. (Dent)
Ref: Dent, p. 341; Sitsky, p. 43; Beaumont, pp. 362-363; Roberge, p. 21.
BV 161: Impromptu (in E minor) Op. 48, for clarinet and piano. The piano part is missing.
BV 166: Praeludium Fuge in G minor Op. 74, for piano
MSS:
SB156 Fuge, G minor
SB157 Praeludium Fuge in G minor Op. 74
Arr: Praeludium rev. and transposed, see BV 220
Ref: Sitsky, p. 373; Beaumont, p. 363; Roberge, p. 21.
BV 167: Zwei Lieder Op. 31, for voice and piano
Comprises:
1. "Wer hat das erste Lied erdacht" (Victor Blüthgen)
  ["Who invented the first song"] Op. 77, for mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano
2. "Bin ein fahrender Gesell" (Rudolf Baumbach)
  ["I am a traveling fellow"], for bass or baritone and piano
MSS:
SB158 (no. 1 only)
Museo del Teatro Verdi, Trieste
Pub:
C. Schmidl and M. V. Vincentini, Trieste, 1884
B&H, 1919
Ded: Rudolf Baumbach (no. 2)
Ref: Beaumont, p. 363; Roberge, p. 21; Sitsky, p. 369.
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BV 171 comp. Jun 1880? (acc. Beaumont, p. 363); Nov 1880? (acc. Kindermann, cited by Roberge, p. 22).
BV 174a instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; chorus; strings
BV 180: Preludio e Fuga Op. 36, for piano
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat. no. 36962
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1926 (with BV 85), ed. Gino Tagliapietra, ER 654
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1934, vol. 18 Anthologie alter und neuer Musik für Klavier, ed. Gino Tagliapietra
First performance:
Bologna, 1882; Ferruccio Busoni, piano.
Ded: Alfredo Catalani
Ref: Sitsky, p. 43; Dent, p. 342; Beaumont, p. 364; Roberge, p. 23.
BV 181: 24 Preludes Op. 37, for piano
Comprises:
1) Moderato (in C major)
2) Andantino sostenuto (in A minor)
3) Andante con moto (in G major)
4) Allegretto (in E minor)
5) Vivace assai quasi presto (in D major)
6) Moderato, in carattere d'un Corale (in B minor)
7) Allegro vivace (in A major)
8) Allegro moderato (in F-sharp minor)
9) Allegretto vivace e con brio, in carattere campestre (in E major)
10) Vivace ed energico (in C-sharp minor)
11) Allegretto piacevole "alla danza" (in B major)
12) Andantino (in G-sharp minor)
13) Allegretto scherzando (in F-sharp major)
14) Lento, funebre (in E-flat minor)
15) Andatino sostenuto, con espressione (in D-flat major)
16) Maestoso ed energico (in B-flat minor)
17) Allegretto vivace (in A-flat major)
18) Allegretto con moto (in F minor)
19) Allegro vivo (in E-flat major)
20) Allegro moderato (in C minor)
21) Andantino sostenuto (in B-flat major)
22) Vivace e scherzoso (in G minor)
23) Allegro vivace (in F major)
24) Presto (in D minor)
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1881, cat. nos. 36641-44
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1881, cat. nos. 64500-4
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1927, ed. by Gino Tagliapietra, ER 694-95; reprinted 1954, 1975 (vol. 1), 1977 (vol. 2).
Nos. 1, 6, and 10: 1934, vol. 18 Anthologie alter und neuer Musik für Klavier, Milan, ed. Gino Tagliapietra, ER 1678
First performed:
Ferruccio Busoni, piano:
Bologna, 1880 (no. 2)
Milan, 1881 (nos. 3, 9, 11)
Bologna, 1882 (nos. 14, 15, 21)
Trieste, 1884 (no. 10)
Helsinki, 1890 (nos. 1, 8)
Ref: Dent, p. 342; Sitsky, p. 45; Beaumont, p. 364; Roberge, p. 23
BV 183 instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinet, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; strings (Roberge, p. 23)
BV 185: Una Festa di Villaggio Op. 9, for piano
Comprises:
1) Preparazioni alla Festa [Preparations for the Festival]
2) Marcia trionfale [Triumphal March] (see also BV 193)
3) In Chiesa [In Church]
4) La Fiera [The Fair]
5) Danza [Dance]
6) Notte [Night]
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat. nos. 36744 to 36749; 36750 (for the set)
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1882, cat. nos. 64482 to 64487; 64488 (for the set)
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1926, ER 650
No. 5: Boston, 1915, in Album of piano music by Italian composers, ed. G. V. Palladino.
Nos. 1-3: G. Ricordi, Milan, 1934, in Anthologie alter und neuer Musik für Klavier, vol. 18, ed. Gino Tagliapietra, ER 1678
First performed:
Bergamo, 1882; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Ded: Angelo and Fanny Speckel
Ref: Sitsky, pp. 37-38; Beaumont, p. 364; Roberge, p. 23.
BV 186: Introduzione e Fuga sopra un Corale
Chorale: "Herzliebster Jesu was hast verbrochen" ["Beloved Jesus, what hast Thou done wrong"] from the St Matthew Passion (Bach), BWV 244 No. 3 (Roberge, p. 23)
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; timpani; strings (Roberge, p. 23)
BV 187: Beginning of 1882 acc. Kindermann (cited by Roberge, p. 24).
BV 189: Danza Notturna Op. 13, for piano
Pub: Edizione Trebbi, Bologna, 1882, cat. no. 1574
First performed:
Bologna, 1883; Ferruccio Busoni, piano.
Ref: Dent, p. 341; Sitsky, pp. 36-37; Beaumont, p. 364; Roberge, p. 24.
BV 190: "Ave Maria" Op. 35, (Antiphon) for baritone and orchestra
MS: Nino Bezzi
Pub: F. Lucca, Milan, 1882
G. Ricordi, Milan, 1942
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets; strings; includes piano reduction
Ded: Niccola Bezzi
Ref: Dent, p. 340; Beaumont, p. 364; Roberge, p. 24.
BV 191: Primavera, Estate, Autunno, Inverno Op. 40, for male voice soloists, male chorus, and orchestra
Comprises:
1) Primavera [Spring]. "Nel primo giorno di calendi Maggio" []
2) Estate [Summer]. "Tu mi se'nato o fiorellin d'amour" []
3) Autunno [Autumn]. "Chi mi dice onde vien la rondinella []
4) Inverno [Winter]. "Dal giorno che ti vidi" []
Text author: Francesco Dall'Ongaro
MSS: G. Ricordi, Milan (Complete autograph)
SB175 ((First movement only)
Title on MS: "I. Frühling, Op. 40, No. 1"
Text translated to German by Franziska von Kapff-Essenther.
Pub:
F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, cat. nos. 37041 to 37044; 37045 (for the set)
G. Ricordi, Milan, (undated), cat. nos. 57539 to 57542; 57543 (for the set)
Plate nos. 57539 to 57542
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes (English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets; timpani; chorus: TTBB; strings; includes piano reduction
Ded: Pietro Bini
Ref: Dent, p. 340; Beaumont, p. 364; Roberge, p. 24; Sitsky, p. 370; IMSLP
BV191a: Frühling, for male chorus (TTBB) a cappella
Comp: undated; probably composed after 1882.
MS: SB176 (Title: "I. Primavera. Frühling."), unpub.
Text author: Francesco Dall'Ongaro; translated to German by Franziska von Kapff-Essenther.
Ref: Sitsky, p. 370; Roberge, p. 24; Beaumont, p. 364.
BV 192: Il sabato del villagio
Subtitle: "poema campestre" [rustic poem], see Giacomo Leopardi: Il sabato del villaggio
MSS:
SB154 (Sketches)
SB177 (Full score, lost during World War II)
SB178 (Vocal score, lost during WWII)
SB179-81 (Parts, lost during WWII, later reappeared in the West Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz)
N. Mus. Nachl. 4, 71 and 4, 72
N. Mus. Nachl. 4, 71,2 and 4, 71,3 (copies of the first and seventh parts)
unpub.
Soloists: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
Instrumentation: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 3 trumpets; ; strings
First performances:
Bologna, Teatro comunale, 22 March 1883, conducted by Luigi Mancinelli
Repeated a few days later, conducted by Ferruccio Busoni
Ded: Luigi Mancinelli
Remarks:
In 1882, during the 900-year anniversary celebrations of the birth of Guido Monaco in Arezzo, the 16-year-old Ferruccio Busoni was engaged, through the kindness of Luigi Mancinelli, for a three-week period in September to play daily on pianos being displayed as part of an exhibition. Mancinelli was also conducting the opera Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito. Since Boito was attending the performances, Busoni had the opportunity to meet him. Both Mancinelli and Boito were impressed with the young man and made arrangements for the performance of his cantata.
Dent describes the reception and Boito's response: "Il Sabato di Villaggio was a very skillfully written work, but it was criticized at the time for its treatment of the poem, which was much cut up and distributed between different voices, with frequent repetitions of the words; Leopardi's lines were too contemplative and philosophical to bear handling in such a style. Boito, whom one would have expected to be the first to take a poet's view rather than a composer's, praised its 'admirable exuberance of rhythm' and its unceasing flow of melody. He urged Ferruccioto go on writing Leopardi to music, for he felt that Leopardi's profoundly thoughtful humanity was just what he wanted to give wings to his inspiration. 'If I am a severe critic of Ferruccio's music, the fault is his own; the admiration which he aroused in me at Arezzo was great; I expect great things of him, and I am sure he will give me them.'"
Ref: Dent, pp. 43, 340; Sitsky, pp. 370, 380; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 24.
BV 193: Marcia di Paesani e Contadine Op. 32, for piano
Remark: Intended (1) to replace the 2nd movement of BV 185 (Beaumont) or (2) as an addition to BV 185 (Dent, Sitsky).
MS: Museo del Teatro Verdi, Trieste (Beaumont)
Pub: Trieste: Schmidl-Vicentini, 1883, cat. no. C. 6 Sch. (taken over by Hofmeister Leipzig)
First performance: Trieste, 1883; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Ref: Dent, p. 342; Sitsky, p. 38; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 24.
BV 194: Macchiette medioevali Op. 33, for piano
Comprises:
1) Dama [Lady]
2) Cavaliere [Knight]
3) Paggio [Page]
4) Guerriero [Warrior]
5) Astrologo [Astrologer]
6) Trovatore [Troubadour]
Pub:
Bologna: Edizione Trebbi, 1883, cat. nos. 1655 to 1660; 1661 (for the set)
Wiesbaden: B&H, 1982-1983, ed. Franzpeter Goebels, EB 8129
First performance:
Bologna, 1883; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Ref: Dent, p. 341; Sitsky, p. 38; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 24.
BV 195: Macchiette medioevali No. 2/B. Cavaliere Reiter, for piano
Remark: alternative(?) version of no. 2 of BV 194
MS: SB183 (sketches); unpub.
Ref: Sitsky, p. 370; Roberge, p. 25.
BV 196: Serenata Op. 34, for cello and piano
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Pub: F. Lucca, Milan, 1883?
First performance:
Vienna, 30 November 1883; Ferruccio Busoni, piano; cellist, not specified. (Dent)
Ded: Francesco Serato
Ref: Dent, pp. 46, 345; Sitsky, p. 381; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 25.
BV 197: Trois Morceaux Op. 4, 5, and 6, for piano
Comprises:
1) Scherzo Op. 4
2) Prélude et fugue (inside as Praeludium and Fuge) Op. 5
3) Scène de ballet Op. 6
Pub:
Emil Wetzler, Vienna, 1884, cat. nos. E. 118 W, E. 119 W, and E. 747 W
Verlag Doblinger, Vienna and Munich, 1976, D. 953
First performance:
Ferruccio Busoni, piano:
Bologna, 1883 (no. 2 and Praeludium?)
Vienna, 1884 (nos. 2 and 3)
Ded: Betty de Preleuthner
Ref: Sitsky, pp. 44-45; Dent, p. 341; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 25.
BV 198: Etude 15, en forme d' "Adagio" d'une Sonate (in D-flat major), for piano
MS: SB185; unpub.
Ded: Gussy Augusta Cottlow 1892 [in pencil; suggests Busoni may have considered publishing (Dent)]
Remarks: Evidently intended for BV 203. Also contains two related themes later used in the third (slow) movement ("Pezzo serioso") of the Concerto (BV 247). (Dent; Sitsky, pp. 103-8)
Ref: Sitsky, pp. 103-8, 370; Dent, p. 341; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 25.
BV 201: Symphonische Suite Op. 25
Comprises:
1) Präludium
2) Gavotte
3) Gigue
4) Langsames Intermezzo
5) Alla breve
Comp: Aug 1883 (Beaumont, p. 365); 1883 (Kindermann acc. Roberge, p. 25).
MSS: SB193 and SB194 (Autographs and copies of the third and fourth movements)
Pub: C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, Leipzig, 1888; taken over by B&H
Instr: 3 flutes (piccolo), 3 oboes (English horn), 3 clarinets (bass clarinet), 3 bassoons; 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, percussion (cymbals, triangle); strings
First performance: Trieste, 9 June 1883 (Kindermann acc. Roberge, p. 25).
Ded: Hans Richter
Arr: for piano ("Gavotte"). Mentioned in B&H catalog, 1888 (dubious). (Beaumont, p. 365)
BV 202: Zwei Lieder Op. 15, for voice and piano
Comprises:
1) "Ich sah die Träne" ["I saw the tears"] (Byron)
2) "An Babylons Wassern" ["By Babylon's Waters"] (Byron)
Comp: Mar 1884 (Beaumont); 1883 (Kindermann)
Pub: Albert J. Gutmann, Vienna, 1884
Universal Edition, Vienna, date uncertain, cat. no. U. E. 7773 (9 pages)
Title: Zwei hebräische Melodien von Lord Byron für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung. Op. 15.
Ded: Caroline Gomperz-Bettelheim
Arr: for male voice and piano, see BV 202a
Ref: Beaumont, p. 366; Kindermann, pp. 161-162; Roberge, p. 25.
BV207 comprises: "Wohlauf! Der kühle Winter ist vergangen" (Neidhard von Reuenthal) and "Unter den Linden" (Walther von der Vogelweide)
BV 229: Vier Bagatellen, Op. 28, for violin and piano
Comprises:
1) Aus der Zopfzeit [From the Time of the Eighteenth-Century ''Zopfstil'']
2) Kleiner Mohrentanz [Little Moorish Dance]
3) Wiener Tanzweise [Viennese Dance Tune]
4) Kosakenritt. Nach einem russischen Volksliede. [Ride of the Cossacks. After a Russian Folk Song.]
Comp: 1888 (Dent)
MS: Daniell Revenaugh (Beaumont)
Pub: Leipzig: C. F. Peters, n.d. (1888, Dent), plate no. 7249
Frankfurt am Main: C. F. Peters, 1982
Ded: Seinem lieben Egon Petri
Ref: Dent, p. 345; Kindermann, pp. 187-188; Beaumont, p. 367; Roberge, p. 29.
BV 235 comprises:
1) Contrapunctisches Tanzstück [Contrapuntal Dance Piece]
2) Kleine (III) Ballet-Scene [Short (III) Ballet Scene]
BV 235a comprises:
1) Waffentanz [Weapons Dance] (score)
2) Friedenstanz [Peace Dance]
BV 236 pub. B&H, 1892, PB 1107 (Beaumont, 1985, p. 45)
BV 236 orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; timpani; strings (Beaumont, 1985, p. 45)
BV 236 first performed 27 August 1890 (OS 15 August). Concert Hall of Saint Petersburg Conservatoire. Busoni, piano; Orchestra of the Russian Musical Society; Moritz Köhler, conductor (Beaumont, 1985, p. 45)
BV 238 comp. Jun 1894 (acc. Beaumont, 1985, p. 367); 1892? in Kindermann (1980) (acc. Roberge, 1991, p. 30)
BV 238a first performance: Milan 1913 (Ferruccio Busoni, piano) acc. Dent (1933), p. 321.
BV 239 comp. after 1892? acc. Kindermann (1980) (cited in Roberge, 1991, p. 31)
BV 240 orchestration: 4 flutes (piccolo), 3 oboes (English horn), 3 clarinets (bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (contrabassoon); 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, percussion (cymbals, triangle, side drum, bass drum, glockenspiel); harp; strings: 16 violins, 16 violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses (Roberge, 1991, p. 31)
BV 243 instrumentation: 3 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, percussion (triangle, bass drum, cymbals); strings
BV 243 was first performed on 8 October 1897 at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin with Henri Petri, violin; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ferruccio Busoni, conductor.
BV 243: ded. Henri Petri, violinist, the father of Egon Petri, a pupil and later an important colleague of Ferruccio Busoni. (Dent, 1933, p. 68)
BV244 first performed on 30 September 1898 at the Musikinstitut, Helsinki. Viktor Nováček. violin; Busoni, piano. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 53)
BV 247a, arr. from BV 247, is a short passage for linking the end of the fourth movement to the fifth movement so that the chorus is omitted. (Roberge, 1991, p. 32)
BV 247a MS in possession of the conductor and pianist Daniell Revenaugh. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 368)
BV 247a: Busoni later changed his mind about this version of the concerto. (Letter to Edward J. Dent, 30 May 1921 in Beaumont, 1987, p.336.) BV 247a remains unpublished. (Beaumont, 1987, p. 93n)
BV 248 original title: Suite aus der Musik zu Gozzi's Märchendrama Turandot [Suite from the Music to Gozzi's Fairy Tale Drama Turandot] (Beaumont, 1985, p.76)
BV 248 instrumentation: 3 flutes (piccolo), 3 oboes (English horn), 3 clarinets (bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (contrabassoon); 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, percussion (glockenspiel, triangle, tambourine, covered drum, bass drum, tam-tam); 2 harps; chorus: female (unison) ad lib.; strings. BV 248a and b instrumentation: as for BV 248 except without chorus.
BV 248 first performed 21 October 1905 at the Beethovensaal, Berlin with Busoni as the conductor. (Beaumont, 1985, p.76)
BV 248a first performed 26 October 1911 at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin with the Bösendorfer Orchestra conducted by Oskar Fried. (Beaumont, 1985, p.76)
BV 248b first performed 13 January 1921 at the Philharmonie, Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Busoni. (Beaumont, 1985, p.76)
BV250 dates of composition from Kindermann (1980), cited in Roberge, 1991, p. 33.
BV250 MS: location of sketches not given by Roberge (1991).
BV 252a complete title: Berceuse élégiaque Op. 42. Des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter [The man's cradle-song at his mother's bier.] Poesie [Poem] for small orchestra.
BV 252a: This poem appears before the music:

Schwingt die Wiege des Kindes
Schwankt die Wiege seines Schicksals
Schwindet der Weg des Lebens
Schwindet hin in die ewigen Fernen

[So swings the cradle of the child <br />{{Spaces|4}}Sways the cradle of his fate <br />{{Spaces|4}}Fades away the path of life <br />{{Spaces|4}}Fades away into the everlasting distance]
BV 255 complete title: Große Fuge. Kontrapunktische Fantasie über Joh. Seb. Bach's letztes unvollendetes Werk [Great Fugue. Contrapuntal Fantasy over Joh. Seb. Bach's last unfinished work ([[The Art of Fugue]])]
BV256 complete title: Fantasia Contrappuntistica. Preludio al corale "Gloria al Signore nel Cieli' e Fuga a quattro soggetti obbligati sopra un frammento di Bach. [Contrapuntal Fantasy. Chorale prelude "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr" ("God alone is honored in the highest") and fugue with four obbligato subjects on a fragment by Bach]
BV 256a (edizione minore) original title: Choral-Vorspiel und Fuge über ein Bachsches Fragment (Der "Fantasia contrappuntistica" kleine Ausgabe) [Chorale prelude and fugue on a fragment by Bach (Minor edition of the "Contrapuntal Fantasy")]
BV 256b (2 piano version) original title: Fantasia Contrappuntistica. Choral-Variationen über "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe" gefolgt von einer Quadrupel-Fuge über ein Bachsches Fragment [Contrapuntal Fantasy. Chorale variations on "Honored be God in the highest" followed by a quadruple fugue on a Bach fragment]
BV 258 complete title: Die Brautwahl. Musikalisch-fantastische Komödie nach E. T. A. Hoffmann. [The Bridal Choice. Musical-fantastical comedy after E. T. A. Hoffmann.]
BV 265 published as a facsimile of the MS in Zeitschrift für Musik, 99 no. 12, Dec 1932, p. 1095. (Roberge, 1991, p. 37)
BV 267 complete title: Indianisches Tagebuch. Erstes Buch. Vier Klavierstudien über Motive der Rothäute Amerikas. [Indian Diary. First Book. Four piano studies on motives by the American Redskins.]
Albert Biolley was an accomplished amateur flute player. He was also a Zurich banker, who gave the Busoni family critical financial assistance, including loans and possibly outright gifts, when they lived in Zurich during the First World War. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 238)
BV 272a: later pub. as part of BV289.
BV 275: Schnapp catalog (1928) cited in Roberge (1991), p. 39.
BV 276: first performed on 9 December 1918 at Tonhalle, Zurich with Edmondo Allegra, clarinet; Tonhalle Orchestra, conducted by Volkmar Andreae.
BV 276 instrumentation: 2 oboes, 2 bassoons; 2 horns; triangle; clarinet; strings. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 251)
BV 276: arr. for clarinet and piano (Arnold Taubman) pub. B&H, 1918. EB 5140. Plate numbers 28303, 28535; IMSLP
BV 277: Beaumont, 1985, p. 370. Kindermann dates the composition to the spring of 1918. (Roberge, 1991, p. 39)
BV 287: MS in possession of Daniell Revenaugh and another copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
BV 287 pub. Universal Edition, Vienna, 1921 (as supplement to Musikblätter des Anbruch 3 nos. 1/2, Jan 1921. Later by B&H, 1922.
BV 288 first performed 13 January 1921 at the Philharmonie, Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ferruccio Busoni. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 281)
BV 288 instrumentation: 2 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; timpani, percussion (glockenspiel, side drum, triangle, bass drum, cymbals); strings.
BV 289 comprises three pieces (Beaumont, 1985, p. 281):
1. Erstes Blatt [First Leaf]; comp. Aug 1917; pub. B&H, 1918, EB 5056, plate number 28172; dur. 3 min; ded. Albert Biolley; for other versions, see BV 248b, BV 272, and BV 272a.
2. Zweites Blatt [Second Leaf]; comp. Apr 1921; MS: SB; dur. 1 min; ded. Francesco Ticciati
3. Drittes Blatt [Third Leaf]; comp. May 1921; MS: SB; dur. 4 min; ded. Felice Boghen
BV 289: EB 5193, plate number 6198
BV 289: first performance was on 4 February 1922 at Wigmore Hall, London, with Ferruccio Busoni, piano. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 281)
BV 290 first performed 10 December 1921 at Casino, Basle, with Egon Petri, piano, and the Basle Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Suter
BV 290 instrumentation: 2 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; timpani, glockenspiel (ad lib.); piano; strings
BV 292 first performed in Paris in 1922 with orchestra and Ferruccio Busoni, piano (Dent, 1933, p. 322)
BV 294 text: "So fern ihr Euch gern mit den alten Historien befasset" (Ferruccio Busoni) ["As far as you would like to occupy yourselves with the old histories"].
BV 294 was a new version of [The Ballad of Lippold the Jew-coiner] from the opera Die Brautwahl (BV 258) and was intended as Op. 55 no. 1, a companion piece to Zigeunerlied (BV 295). Beaumont tells the story as follows: "The vision of the lonely Wandering Jew still haunted him [Busoni]. He wrote a new introductory recitative which includes the following lines:Busoni was simply implying a continuation of the ageless fairy-tale into modern times. Unfortunately Wilhelm Guttmann, the baritone for whom the piece was written, viewed matters more prosaically and declared that the text was anti-Semitic. Certainly for anyone unacquainted with the composer's private world of myth and make-believe, it appears so. Guttmann resolutley refused to sing the ballad, and it remains to this day unpublished and unperformed. 'Strano mondo', wrote Busoni to Dent, 'sorprendente mentalità. Oremus.' ['Strange world, surprising mentality. Let us pray.'] [*Letter to [[Edward Joseph Dent|Edward Dent]], 30 August 1923]" (Beaumont, 1985, p. 136)
BV 294 instrumentation: 2 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes (English horn); 2 clarinets; 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; timpani, percussion (cymbals, glockenspiel); harp, strings
BV 295 pub. B&H (undated) PB 2826; E. F. Kalmus, Opa-locka, Florida, 197? (Beaumont, 1985, p. 281; Roberge, 1991, p. 43)
BV 295 first performed 27 April 1921 at the Philharmonie, Berlin, with Wilhelm Guttman, baritone, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Werner Wolff.
BV 295 instrumentation: 2 flutes (piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 horns; cymbals; strings
BV 295a pub. Berlin, 1923 as music supplement to Die Musik 15, no. 8 (May 1923). B&H, Leipzig, undated, DLV 4788. Later as no. 5 of Fünf Goethelieder, B&H, Wiesbaden, 1964, EB 6461. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 281; Roberge, 1991, p. 43)
BV 296 (1923 edition) comprises 5 pieces: in E minor, A minor, D minor, G major, and C minor. (Roberge, 1991, p. 43)
BV 296 MS: Property of the pianist and conductor Daniell Revenaugh; a further MS of the 2nd piece in the Galston-Busoni collection. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 295)
BV 296 pub. B&H, 1923, EB 5240, plate number 29025; also incorporated in the Klavierübung, Vol 9 (2nd edition), B&H, 1925; republished with Preludietto from Book 1 of the Klavierübung, 1st edition, as "Six short pieces for the cultivation of part-playing," with BV 296 as nos. 2-6, B&H, Wiesbaden, 1954, EB 6205. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 295)
BV 296 first performed: (nos. 1-3 only) 18 August 1923 at the Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar by Egon Petri, piano (Beaumont, 1985, p. 295)
BV 297 MS: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Stiftung Rychenberg, Winterthur. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 295)
BV 297 pub. Heugel, Paris, 1923, H 28,336 [Rare] (Beaumont, 1985, p. 295)
BV 297 first performed on 18 August 1923 at the Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar by Egon Petri, piano (Beaumont, 1985, p. 295)
BV 298 pub. B&H, Wiesbaden,1960, MS. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 282)
BV 298 first performed 16? Apr 1967 at Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, and the Württemberg State Orchestra, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 282)
BV 298 instrumentation: flute, clarinet, bassoon; strings (viola, cello, doublebass) (Beaumont, 1985, p. 282)
BV 298a pub. Navigare Necesse est: eine Festgabe für Anton Kippenburg zum zweiundzwanzigsten Mai 1924, Inselverlag, Leipzig, 1924; republished B&H, Wiesbaden, 1960 (Wb. 417), and 1964. (Roberge, 1991, p. 44, and Beaumont, 1985, p. 282)
BV 299 pub. B&H, Wiesbaden, 1964, as no.1 of Fünf Goethe Lieder, EB 6461 (Beaumont, 1985, p. 251)
BV 299 arr. for orchestra by Philipp Jarnach (1938), pub. B&H, Wiesbaden, 1964; instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; timpani; strings. (Beaumont, 1985, p. 251)
Appendix, no. 1: Sitsky, p. 371; Beaumont, p. 367; Roberge, p. 45.
Appendix, no. 2: Music for Gozzi's "Turandot"
First performance: Berlin, Deutsches Theater, 26 October 1911
Arr: Theater orchestra: John Wijsman (prepared for the 1913 London production) (unpub.)
Ref: Beaumont, p. 368; Roberge, p. 45.
Appendix, no. 4: Nachtrag zu Turandot
MS: SB332: Nachtrag to Turandot - "Diese Zeichen von Trauer"
SB333: Nachtrag to Turandot - (sketches)
B&H, Wiesbaden (copy of SB MS)
Ref: Beaumont, pp. 371; Sitsky, p. 377.
Appendix, no. 8: 'Ich hab' gesucht und nichts gefunden'
MS: (location not ascertained)
Pub: Facsimile of MS (Herrmann, Joachim, ed. (1956). Ferruccio Busoni: Wesen und Einheit der Musik. Berlin-Hallensee: Max Hesses Verlag. p. ix)
Ded: Philipp Jarnach
Note: A three part chorus composed in answer to a letter from Philipp Jarnach requesting information about an 18th-century composer.
Ref: Beaumont, p. 372; Roberge, p. 46.
Appendix, no. 9: Sitsky, p. 369; Beaumont, p. 364.
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