From Bach to Busoni: transcription as visionary process in Ferruccio Busoni's Fantasia Contrappuntistica

This thesis begins with a historical synopsis of the compositional considerations and processes that inspired Busoni’s Fantasia Contrappuntistica. A meeting in Chicago with Bernhard Ziehn and Wilhelm Middelschulte provided the impetus for the composition of the Fantasia Contrappuntistica. At this...

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Main Author: Kingsbury, Brett Alexander
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38339