Elegien, BV 249 (Busoni, Ferruccio)

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5 more: All' Italia!, in modo napolitano • "Meine Seele bangt und hofft zu Dir", Choralvorspiel • Turandots Frauengemach, Intermezzo • Die Nächtlichen, Walzer • Erscheining, Notturno

Performer Pages Peter McKenzie Armstrong (piano)
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Misc. Notes From all-Busoni recital at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, April 19, 1979
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Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano)
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Misc. Notes recorded in October 2018 at St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University: Peter Hill, sound engineer
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6 more: 2. All' Italia! In modo napolitano • 3. "Meine Seele bangt und hofft zu Dir" Choralvorspiel • 4. Turandots Frauengemach, Intermezzo • 5. Die Nächtlichen, Walzer • 6. Erscheinung, Notturno • 7. Berceuse

Publisher. Info. Edition Breitkopf (Nr. 5214)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(1908-09). Plates 26042-46, 26052, 26282.
Reissue (after 1949) - Wiesbaden.
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Misc. Notes Edition Breitkopf No. 5214
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Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1908. Plate V.A. 2907/8.
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Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1909. Plate V.A. 3053
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Work Title Elegien
Alternative. Title Sieben Neue Klavierstücke
Composer Busoni, Ferruccio
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BV 249 (Nos.1-6); BV 252 (No.7, "Berceuse")
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFB 17
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 pieces:
  1. Nach der Wendung
  2. All' Italia! In modo napolitano
  3. "Meine Seele bangt hofft zu Dir" Choralvorspiel
  4. Turandots Frauengemach, Intermezzo
  5. Die Nächtlichen, Walzer
  6. Erscheinung, Notturno
  7. Berceuse
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1907 (1909, "Berceuse")
First Publication. 1908-1909
Dedication see below
  1. Gottfried Galston (1879–1950)
  2. Egon Petri (1881–1962)
  3. Gregor Beklemischeff (Grigory Beklemishev, 1881–1935)
  4. Michael Zadora (1882–1946)
  5. O'Neil Phillips
  6. Leo Kestenberg (1882–1962)
  7. Johan Wijsman (1872–1913)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation piano

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  • Publication history:
1) Title: Elegien. 6 neue Klavierstücke
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1908, plate marks: Klav. Bibl. 26 042-26 046 (nos. 1-5) and Klav. Bibl. 26 052 (no. 6), (57 pages)
Note: The 6 piano pieces can be played as a cycle, or separately. When played as a cycle, the last piece ["Erscheinung (Notturno)"] ends with a motive from the beginning of the first ["Nach der Wendug"]. When the sixth piece is played separately, it has a different ending.
2) Title: Elegien. 7 neue Klavierstücke
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1908/1909, cat. no. E.B. 5214, plate nos. 26 042-26 046 (nos. 1-5), 26 052 (no. 6), and 26 282 (no. 7), (52 pages)
Note: This publication consists of the same compositions as (1), except that the "Berceuse", BV 252, has been added as no. 7.
Reprints:
a) Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, [1949 or later]
b) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1966]
3) First Title: Zwei Klavierstücke aus den Elegien. Second title: All' Italia! In modo napolitano
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1908, cat. no. V.A. 2907, (15 pages)
Note: According to the Breitkopf & Härtel catalog the second piano piece first appeared in 1909.
4) First Title: Zwei Klavierstücke aus den Elegien. Second title: Turandots Frauengemach. Intermezzo
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1908, cat. no. V.A. 2908, (7 pages)
Note: According to the Breitkopf & Härtel catalog the fourth piano piece first appeared in 1909.
Ref: Kindermann, Jürgen (1980). Thematisch-chronologisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Ferruccio B. Busoni. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts, vol. 19, pp. 231-234. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag. ISBN 3764920335