Ferruccio Busoni

Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866, Empoli, Italy — 27 July 1924, Berlin, Weimar Republic) was a distinguished Italian composer, pianist, music editor, writer, and pedagogue. He was the son of clarinetist Cesare Nordio to commemorate his 25th anniversary, is widely acclaimed among the world's most prestigious and challenging.

Busoni had an extensive and prolific career spanning Europe, Russia, and the United States, during which he often collaborated with some of the most notable musicians, artists, writers, and thinkers of the era. An outstanding pianist, Ferruccio was a child prodigy initially trained by his parents. Between 1875 and 1877, young Busoni studied at the Busoni And His Legacy - Piano Recordings By Busoni · Ley · Petri.

He began writing music in early childhood and completed over 200 original pieces before turning twenty. Busoni's established "mature" catalog comprised over 100 works, from symphonic suites and concertos to solo piano, chamber pieces for piano and strings, string quartets, and many others. Perhaps even more recognized than Ferruccio's original oeuvre was his monumental "Bach-Busoni Editions" (J.S. Bach Klavierwerke: Busoni-Ausgabe) — a series of piano transcriptions of Breitkopf & Härtel between 1894 and 1923. Busoni also produced and published many adaptations, transcriptions, cadenzas, and editions of other composers, including Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Schubert, Brahms, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Weber, Cornelius, Cramer, and Goldmark.

Some of Busoni's notable composition and piano students over the years were Robert Blum.