Piano Concerto, Op.39, BV 247 (Busoni, Ferruccio)

		Movements/Sections 5 movements: I. Prologo e Introito: Allegro, dolce e solenne II. Pezzo giocoso III. Pezzo serioso: Introductio: Andante sostenuto Prima pars: Andante, quasi adagio Altera pars: Sommessamente Ultima pars: a tempo IV. All'Italiana: Tarantella: Vivace; In un tempo V. Cantico: Largamente (with chorus) Composition Year 1904 Genre Categories Concertos; For male chorus, piano, orchestra; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra

Scores

• Full Scores (5)
• Cadenzas (1)

Full Scores

 I. Prologo e Introito
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 II. Pezzo giocoso
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 III. Pezzo serioso
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 IV All` Italiana
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 V. Cantico
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Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1906. Plate Part.B. 1949

Reprinted:

Wiesbaden, n.d.(after 1950). Edition PB 5104 (study score)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

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Cadenzas

Busoni

 Versione amplificata della Cadenza che occore nel quarto movimento del Concerto
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Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. Plate V.A. 2861

Reprinted:

Wiesbaden, n.d.(post-1949)

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag all]

Misc. Notes:

The author's revised and extended version of the cadenza for the 4th movement was only published in the concerto's arrangement for 2 pianos (1909). This file is from the MIT archive project.

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General Information

Work Title	Piano Concerto
Alternative Title	Concerto per un pianoforte principale e diversi strumenti ad arco a fiato ed a percussione: aggiuntovi un coro finale per voci d'uomini a sei parti, anno MCMIV, opera XXXIX

Composer	Busoni, Ferruccio
Opus/Catalogue Number	BV 247 ; Op.39
Key	C major
Movements/Sections	5 movements: I. Prologo e Introito: Allegro, dolce e solenne II. Pezzo giocoso III. Pezzo serioso: Introductio: Andante sostenuto Prima pars: Andante, quasi adagio Altera pars: Sommessamente Ultima pars: a tempo IV. All'Italiana: Tarantella: Vivace; In un tempo V. Cantico: Largamente (with chorus)
Year/Date of Composition	1904
First Performance	10 November 1904 in Beethoven-Saal, Berlin (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Choir of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche; Ferruccio Busoni, piano; Karl Muck, conductor)
First Publication	1906 (full score and parts), 1909 (arrangement for 2 pianos)
Librettist	Adam Oehlenschläger (1779−1850)
Language	German (last movement)
Average Duration	70 minutes
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	Soloist: piano Voices: male chorus (8 tenors I, 8 tenors II, 8 baritones I, 8 baritones II, 8 basses I, 8 basses II) Orchestra — 2 piccolos, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons; 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; 3 timpani, 3 percussion (glockenspiel, triangle, tambourine, military drum, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam); 12 violins I, 10 violins II, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double-basses (4-string), 2 double-basses (5-string)