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...figure largely forgotten. On the 100th anniversary of his birth-now being celebrated through the efforts of the vigorous new Busoni Society-Italy's Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni is remembered by the music public as a mere arranger: the man who transcribed Bach's organ music for the pianoforte. In fact, says Pianist Artur Rubinstein, Busoni was "the greatest pianist of his time." Many musicians consider him a titanic technician and volcanically creative interpreter; all agree that his radical re-examination of the instrument and its literature struck a body blow at the romantic style and inspired...
...forced to practice four hours at a stretch by a father determined to produce a moneymaking prodigy. At seven, he made his debut in Trieste, and for the rest of his life, with brief intermissions, he was chained to the concert circuit like a monkey to a street organ. Father had expensive tastes, and Ferruccio, seeking frantic compensations for the frantic life he lived, soon developed...
...Memorial Church organ, complete with four keyboards, 102 stops, and 7590 pipes, is up for sale...
...advertisement in the February issue of The Diapason, an organ fanciers' monthly, said that the 35-year-old instrument is in good condition, but needs "releathering...
...only other catch is that the new owner has to move the organ out of Mememorial Church himself. The instrument is for sale, "as is, where is." Any takers...