Word: busoni
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which were made with better discrimination and taste. The Bach Chaconne in D Minor as originally written, stands as one of the bulwarks in any competent violinist's repertoire. As it stands today, it is also established in any competent pianist's repertoire, for the transcription by Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni is second to none in transferring the mood and music accurately to the piano. The Brahms-Haydn Variations, written originally for two pianos, and Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition," originally written for piano, have also profited by transcription...
...most of Shostakovich's later music, there are traces of Beethoven, Berlioz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mahler, moderns like Poulenc and Busoni. The Seventh Symphony has been described by those who have already heard it as a modern Russian version of Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique. It has also been called a sound-track for a psychological documentary film on Russia today...