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Ferruccio Busoni

1866 - 1924

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Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary figures of his time, and he was a sought-after keyboard instructor and a teacher of composition. From an early age, Busoni was an outstanding, if sometimes controversial, pianist. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory and then with Wilhelm Mayer and Carl Reinecke. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferruccio Busoni is the 188th most popular composer (down from 159th in 2019), the 914th most popular biography from Italy (down from 769th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Italian Composer.

Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian pianist and composer. He is most famous for his piano transcriptions of Bach's works.

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Among composers, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 188 out of 1,451. Before him are François-Adrien Boieldieu, Michael Haydn, Baldassare Galuppi, Vincenzo Galilei, Reinhold Glière, and Louis Spohr. After him are Amilcare Ponchielli, Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Bononcini, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Stanisław Moniuszko, and Samuel Barber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 21. Before him are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Lev Shestov, Nathan Söderblom, and Antoine Meillet. After him are Anne Sullivan, Ramsay MacDonald, Lizzie Magie, Léon Bakst, Butch Cassidy, and Mykhailo Hrushevsky. Among people deceased in 1924, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 19. Before him are Bogd Khan, Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Andrew Irvine, Robert Nivelle, and Princess Louise of Belgium. After him are Ferdinand Cheval, George Mallory, Léon Bakst, Eleonora Duse, Alexander Parvus, and Giacomo Matteotti.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 914 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Pomponazzi (1462), Roberto Cavalli (1940), François Gérard (1770), Emilio Salgari (1862), Angelo Scola (1941), and Rosalia Lombardo (1918). After him are Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Italo Gariboldi (1879), Sandro Pertini (1896), Carla Bruni (1967), Giuseppe Guarneri (1698), and Pietro Lorenzetti (1280).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Ferruccio Busoni ranks 38. Before him are Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), Luciano Berio (1925), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), and Vincenzo Galilei (1520). After him are Amilcare Ponchielli (1834), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Luigi Nono (1924), Vittorio Monti (1868), and Leonardo Vinci (1690).

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