Busoni: Sonatina Seconda, BV 259

Composer: Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Editors: Ullrich Scheideler, Christian Schaper Instrumentation: Piano Work: Sonatina seconda, BV 259 Binding: ISMN: 9790201816470 Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches Pages: 21 Urtext / Critical Edition Description On the 100th anniversary of the death of Ferruccio Busoni, G. Henle Publishers is issuing one of his most important original works for piano solo. in light of his popular Bach arrangements, it is easy to overlook the fact that at the beginning of the twentieth century, Busoni was considered an avant-garde composer. Like Schönberg he transcended the boundaries of tonality but pursued completely different goals and experimented in each work with new harmonic systems. in the "Sonatina seconda", published in 1912, he achieved fascinating, suggestive sound effects. Contemporaries admired their "fantastic-mystical character" and a harmony that always gave "the impression of the natural, spontaneous and intuitive". Through the examinati