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Ferruccio Busoni
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Born near Florence in Italy, Busoni was the son of talented musicians. His father was Italian and his mother German and Ferruccio came to represent a remarkable synthesis of the two differing attitudes to music. He had an outstanding reputation as a piano virtuoso because of his extraordinary technique and remarkable interpretations.
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Busoni composed operas, including "Turandot" and "Doctor Faust", a series of orchestral works, including a piano concerto that also uses a male chorus in the finale, and various pieces of chamber music. Out of the various works Busoni composed or transcribed for the piano, one of the most impressive is the famous arrangement of Bach's Chaconne for unaccompanied violin, one of a number of works based on Bach. - MIDI FILE - "Chaconne", for piano (14'57'') His Fantasia after Bach and the much revised "Fantasia Contrappuntistica" demonstrate something of his musical preoccupation.
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