Busoni

(boo-s6’/-né), Ferruccio Benvenuto, Empoli, near Florence, April 1, 1866—Berlin, July 27, 1924; noted comp. and pianist; pupil of his father (Fdo.), clarinettist, and his mother (née Wei ), a pianist; at 8, début at Vienna; then studied with W. A. Remy; 1881, toured Italy; at 15, elected a member of the Reale Accademia Filar monica, Bologna; 1886, Leipzig, where he c. a fantastic opera, a string-quartet (D min.), symphonic suite, etc.; 1888-89, Prof. Helsingfors Cons.; 1890, won Rubin stein prizes for comp. and pf.-playing, with a Concertstiick for pf. and orch., op. 31a; sonata for pf. and vln.; pf. arr. of Bach’s Eb Organ Prelude, and Fugue; and other pf. pcs. incl. 2 Cadenzas to Beethoven’s Concerto in G; 1890, Prof. in the Moscow Imp. Cons.; 1891-93 at New England Cons., Boston; in.1907 he succeeded Sauer as teacher of the master cla at Vienna Cons.; America; 1012-15, dir. Bologna Liceo; 1915, took up residence in Zurich; after 1920, taught master cla in comp. at Berlin Acad. of Arts. He, made notable transcriptions of Bach organ works for piano, which have held a place in the repertoire; also Liszt piano pieces; mem. Legion of Honour, 1913. Wrote treatise on notation (1910); edited Bach’s ‘‘Well-tempered Clavichord” with études; other comps., “‘Lustspiel Ouvert i ire’”’; 4 choruses with orch.; 2 suites for orch.; a ‘‘Sym- Tongedicht’”’ for orck., symph. tone-poem “‘ Pojohla’s Tochter,” festival overture, 1897; music to ‘‘Berceuse élégiague,”’ for orch.; wrote “‘Entwurf einer neuen Aesthetik der Tonkunst.” His opera, “Der Brautwahl,”’ was prod. Hamburg, April 13, 1912, based on Hoffman’s “Serape ons’ Britider.”’ His operas “Turandot” and ‘‘Arlecchino” were planned on old Italian ‘‘Com media dell’ Arte” (latter, Zurich, 1918). left unfinished an opera, ‘‘ Doktor Faust,’ on which he had worked for many years; completed by Jarnach, it was prod. with succ. (Dresden, 1925). Wrote memoirs. Bii er (biis-sa), Henri, b. Toulouse, Jan. 16, 1872; pupil of Guiraud and Gounod; took first Grand Prix de Rome, with cantata ‘“‘Anti gone’’; 1892, organist at St. Cloud; after 1902, cond. at Op.-Comique; c. succ. t-act pastorale ‘‘Daphnis et Chloe’ (Paris, Op. Com.), 1897; cantata ‘Amadis de Gaule,” 1892 (taking 2d Gra.d de Rome); “Colomba” and “Les Noces Corinthiennes”; ‘‘Sommeil de VEnfant Jesus” for vln. and orch.; also overtures, suites, organ works, harp and orch. comp. Member, Institut de France.