Elegien, BV 249 (Busoni, Ferruccio)

		Movements/Sections 7 pieces 1. Nach der Wendung 2. All' Italia! In modo napolitano 3. "Meine Seele bangt hofft zu Dir" Choralvorspiel 4. Turandots Frauengemach, Intermezzo 5. Die Nächtlichen, Walzer 6. Erscheinung, Notturno 7. Berceuse Composition Year 1907 (1909, "Berceuse") Genre Categories Elegies; Funeral music; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player

Performances

• Recordings (6)

Recordings

 Nach der Wendung, Recueillement
*#213563 - 3.19MB - 3:29 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 201x⇩

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 All' Italia!, in modo napolitano
*#213564 - 5.17MB - 5:39 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 162x⇩

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 "Meine Seele bangt und hofft zu Dir", Choralvorspiel
*#213565 - 5.77MB - 6:18 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 119x⇩

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 Turandots Frauengemach, Intermezzo
*#213566 - 3.01MB - 3:17 -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - - !N/!N/!N - 151x⇩

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 Die Nächtlichen, Walzer
*#213567 - 2.40MB - 2:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 82x⇩

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 Erscheining, Notturno
*#213568 - 4.39MB - 4:48 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 96x⇩

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Performer Pages:

Peter McKenzie Armstrong (piano)

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Performer

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

From all-Busoni recital at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, April 19, 1979

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Sheet Music

• Scores (9)

Scores

Complete

 1. Nach der Wendung
*#19721 - 0.54MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 965x⇩

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Aewanko (2008/7/27)

 2. All' Italia! In modo napolitano
*#19722 - 1.75MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 880x⇩

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 3. "Meine Seele bangt und hofft zu Dir" Choralvorspiel
*#19723 - 1.30MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 722x⇩

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 4. Turandots Frauengemach, Intermezzo
*#19724 - 0.78MB, 6 pp. -  8.7/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 994x⇩

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 5. Die Nächtlichen, Walzer
*#19725 - 0.76MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 630x⇩

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 6. Erscheinung, Notturno
*#19727 - 0.77MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 682x⇩

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 7. Berceuse
*#19728 - 0.52MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 852x⇩

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Aewanko (2008/7/27)

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(1908-09). Plates 26042-46, 26052, 26282.
Reissue (after 1949) - Wiesbaden.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Edition Breitkopf No. 5214

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Selections

 2. All' Italia!; 4. Turandots Frauengemach
*#273366 - 2.77MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 22x⇩

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Emblyadell (2013/3/15)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1908. Plates V.A. 2907-08

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.

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 7. Berceuse
*#238328 - 3.71MB, 10 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 95x⇩

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Aldona Jones (2012/6/27)

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Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1909. Plate V.A. 3053

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Elegien
Alternative Title	Sieben Neue Klavierstücke

Composer	Busoni, Ferruccio
Opus/Catalogue Number	BV 249 (Nos.1-6); BV 252 (No.7, "Berceuse")
Movements/Sections	7 pieces 1. Nach der Wendung 2. All' Italia! In modo napolitano 3. "Meine Seele bangt hofft zu Dir" Choralvorspiel 4. Turandots Frauengemach, Intermezzo 5. Die Nächtlichen, Walzer 6. Erscheinung, Notturno 7. Berceuse
Year/Date of Composition	1907 (1909, "Berceuse")
First Publication	1908-1909
Dedication	see below 1. Gottfried Galston 2. Egon Petri 3. Gregor Beklemischeff 4. Michael von Zadora 5. O'Neil Phillips 6. Leo Kestenberg 7. Johan Wijsman
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	piano

Misc. Comments

• Dedications:

• Publication history:

1) Title: Elegien. 6 neue Klavierstücke

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1908, plate marks: Klav. Bibl. 26 042-26 046 (nos. 1-5) and Klav. Bibl. 26 052 (no. 6), (57 pages)

Note: The 6 piano pieces can be played as a cycle, or separately. When played as a cycle, the last piece ["Erscheinung (Notturno)"] ends with a motive from the beginning of the first ["Nach der Wendug"]. When the sixth piece is played separately, it has a different ending.

2) Title: Elegien. 7 neue Klavierstücke

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1908/1909, cat. no. E.B. 5214, plate nos. 26 042-26 046 (nos. 1-5), 26 052 (no. 6), and 26 282 (no. 7), (52 pages)

Note: This publication consists of the same compositions as (1), except that the "Berceuse", BV 252, has been added as no. 7.

Reprints:

a) Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel, [1949 or later]

b) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1966]

3) First Title: Zwei Klavierstücke aus den Elegien. Second title: All' Italia! In modo napolitano

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1908, cat. no. V.A. 2907, (15 pages)

Note: According to the Breitkopf & Härtel catalog the second piano piece first appeared in 1909.

4) First Title: Zwei Klavierstücke aus den Elegien. Second title: Turandots Frauengemach. Intermezzo

Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1908, cat. no. V.A. 2908, (7 pages)

Note: According to the Breitkopf & Härtel catalog the fourth piano piece first appeared in 1909.

Ref: Kindermann, Jürgen (1980). Thematisch-chronologisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Ferruccio B. Busoni. Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts, vol. 19, pp. 231-234. Regensburg: Gustav Bosse Verlag. ISBN 3764920335