Indian Fantasy
Indian Fantasy | |
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Fantasy by Ferruccio Busoni | |
![]() The composer in 1913 | |
Native name | Indianische Fantasie |
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Composed | 1913 | –14
Performed | 1914 Berlin : |
Movements | 3 |
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The Indian Fantasy (Indianische Fantasie), Op. 44 (BV 264), is a fantasy for piano and orchestra by Ferruccio Busoni. Composed in 1913/14, it was first performed in Berlin in March 1914, with the composer as soloist.[1] The piece is based on several melodies and rhythms from various American Indian tribes; Busoni had received them from American ethnomusicologist Natalie Curtis Burlin. The fantasy describes the American prairie, and is in three movements:
- Fantasy
- Canzona
- Finale
References[]
- ^ Anthony Beaumont, Busoni, (1985), p. 190.
- Curtis, Natalie. "Busoni’s Indian Fantasy" in Southern Workman vol. 44, October 1915, pp/ 538-543
- "Giovanni Bellucci plays Ferruccio Busoni - Indian Fantasy op.44" on YouTube
Categories:
- Compositions by Ferruccio Busoni
- 1913 compositions
- Compositions for piano and orchestra
- Fantasias (music)
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