Word: busoni
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...music. His musical instincts developed first. At 12 he had written a martial chorus called New Italy, dedicated it to the Italian Crown Prince, conducted it at a concert which the Crown Prince attended. After conservatory training in Rome, he went to Berlin to study intensively under famed Ferrucio Busoni, developed German ideas and a love for Schumann and Bach. In Milan Toscanini heard him, rushed up to the platform after the performance and embraced him. In Soviet Russia, on which he is writing a book, and in South America he has made a big name...