Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256 (Busoni, Ferruccio)

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Edizione definitiva (1910)

 Complete Score (BV 256)
*#03400 - 2.74MB, 45 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 5618×⇩ - Goldberg988

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Goldberg988 (2007/1/24)

Publisher. Info. Edition Breitkopf (Nr. 3491) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1983. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Misc. Notes 300 dpi Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Edizione minore (1912)

 Complete Score (BV 256a)
*#39798 - 7.74MB, 11 (#1-21) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1382×⇩ - Rocco

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Rocco (2009/9/21)

 Complete Score (BV 256a)
*#240168 - 1.61MB, 26 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 654×⇩ - Coulonnus

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Coulonnus (2012/7/4)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1912. Plate V.A. 3829. Copyright Public Domain [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes 1. Two-page (side-by-side) file format. 2. This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Composer)

 Complete Score (BV 256b)
*#13587 - 6.77MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1244×⇩ - Mcroskell

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Mcroskell (2007/9/9)

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, No.5196, 1922. Plate 28713. 1966 printing (Wiesbaden). Copyright Public Domain [tag/del] Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

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• BV 256 Fantasia contrappuntistica (edizione definitiva):

1) Title: Fantasia contrappuntistica. Preludio al Corale "Gloria al Signore nei Cieli" e Fuga a quattro obbligati sopra un frammento di Bach. Compilita per il Pianoforte. (Edizione definitiva)

Dated: (Giugno 1910).

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1910, cat.no. V.A. 3491 (45 pages)

Note: The plan of the work "Distribuzione dell'opera" is on the final unpaginated page.

Ref: Kindermann, pp. 245-250.

2) Title: Fantasia contrappuntistica

Dedication: An Wilhelm Middelschulte, Meister des Kontrapunktes.

In: Bach-Busoni Complete Edition, Vol. IV, pp. 82-123 (42 pages); pp. 125-127 (Appendix) (3 pages)

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1916], cat. no. BB IV.

Reprint: Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1920], cat. no. BB IV.

Note: The Appendix contains music cut from Fuga IV and still present at this point in the first edition, which Busoni decided to omit for public performance.

Ref: Kindermann, pp. 245-250.

3) Title: Fantasia contrappuntistica

Dedication: An Wilhelm Middelschulte, Meister des Kontrapunktes.

Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1983] (Roberge), cat. no. Edition Breitkopf 3491, pp. 1-43; pp. 44-45 (Appendix)

Note: The Appendix contains music cut from Fuga IV (p. 37) and still present at this point in the first edition, which Busoni decided to omit for public performance.

Ref: Image:Busoni fc.pdf (14:08, 2 September 2008)

Ref: Roberge, p. 35.

• BV 256a Fantasia contrappuntistica (edizione minore):

1) Title: Choral-Vorspiel und Fuge über ein Bachsches Fragment (Der "Fantasia Contrappuntistica" kleine Ausgabe). Preludio al Corale e Fuga sopra un frammento di Bach (Edizione minore della "Fantasia Contrappuntistica")

Dedication: gewidmet Richard Buhlig.

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1912, cat.no. V.A. 3829 (21 pages)

Note: This edition contains a preface by Busoni.

2) Title: Choral-Vorspiel und Fuge über ein Bachsches Fragment (Der "Fantasia Contrappuntistica" kleine Ausgabe). Preludio al Corale e Fuga sopra un frammento di Bach (Edizione minore della "Fantasia Contrappuntistica")

In: Bach-Busoni Complete Edition Vol. IV, pp. 61-79.

Dedication: An Richard Buhlig.

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1916], cat. no. BB IV.

Note: This edition contains a foreword.

Reprint: Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1920], cat. no. BB IV.

Ref: Kindermann, pp. 250-251.

• BV 256b Fantasia contrappuntistica (for two pianos)

1) Title: Fantasia contrappuntistica. Choral-Variationen über "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe" gefolgt von einer Quadrupel-Fuge über einBachsches Fragment für zwei Klaviere

Dedication: An das Künstler- und Freundespaar Kwast-Hodapp. (to to the artistic "pair" James Kwast, and his wife Frieda Kwast-Hodapp.)

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1922, cat.no. E.B. 5196, plate no. 28713 (68 pages)

Notes:

1) According to a later entry in Schnapp's Busoni-Archive catalog, the now-lost autograph had the following date at the end: "Berlin, 3. Juli 1921"

2) The Busoni-Archive of the Berlin State Library (Busoni-Archive No. 356) preserves a proof copy with Busoni's handwritten corrections.

3) On the back of the title page is a plan of the work: "A. Analytischer 1. Choral-Variationen (Einleitung - Choral und Variationen - Übergang). 2. Fuga I. 3. Fuga II. 4. Fuga III. 5. Intermezzo. 6. Variato I. 7. Variato II. 8. Variato III. 9. Cadenza. 10. Fuga IV. 11. Corale. 12. Stretta. - B. Architektonischer: Zeichnung in Form einer Gebäudefassade."

4) According to the B&H Busoni catalog this edition appeared in 1921.

Reprints:

1) Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, [1955 or later]

2) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1966]

Ref: Kindermann, p. 251.

Sources

• Kindermann, Jürgen (1980). Thematisch-chronologisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Ferruccio B. Busoni. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts, vol. 19. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag. ISBN 3764920335

• Roberge, Marc-André (1991). Ferruccio Busoni: a bio-bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313255873