List of compositions by Ferruccio Busoni

This article presents a complete catalog of original compositions by Ferruccio Busoni, including a large number of early works, most of which remain unpublished. The earliest preserved pieces were written when he was barely seven years old. Over 200 of the total of 303 original compositions were produced before the age of twenty.
For a more selective list of recorded works, see Ferruccio Busoni discography.
Busoni also produced a number of cadenzas, transcriptions, and editions. For a complete list see List of adaptations by Ferruccio Busoni.

Introductory notes

Opus numbers

Busoni's opus numbers are confusing. Initially he numbered each work as he wrote it. Upon reaching Op. 40 he began assigning opus numbers of unpublished youthful works to new compositions. Later he started again from Op. 30, adding an "a" to Op. 30 to 36. From Op. 41 the numbering is fairly regular although it bears little relationship to the actual date of composition, and many compositions were published without opus number. Among unpublished compositions, some have two opus numbers. Because of their confusing nature [|Roberge] recommended against using them and eliminated them from his List of Works. However, since opus numbers are written on manuscripts, included on published scores, used for identification of compositions by many recordings, and included in the standard reference works by Dent (1933), Kindermann (1980), Beaumont (1985), and Sitsky (2008), they are given here as an aid in identification. The user should be aware, however, that a particular opus number may refer to more than one item and says very little about the date of composition or publication.

Catalog numbers

The letters BV followed by a number are used for identification of Busoni's original compositions. The BV numbers are based on the first comprehensive catalog of Busoni's unpublished as well as published works prepared by Jürgen [|Kindermann]. The letters KiV are also sometimes used, as well as the abbreviations Kind- and K. Although Kindermann himself did not specify any letters to be used for referring to his catalog, he has agreed to the use of the abbreviation BV. The catalog is not strictly chronological, since it frequently incorporates published works by the date of publication rather than the date of composition. When the catalog number is preceded by the letters BV B, for example, Ten Chorale Preludes by Bach, BV B 27, it refers to a cadenza, transcription, or adaptation.

Catalog of original compositions

Note: This list is not yet complete. The "Details" column needs additional work.

BV catalog numbers are from Roberge. Titles and opus numbers are listed as in [|Beaumont], except as noted. Titles are in the original language, except for instrumentation and generic terms, such as "string quartet." For example, Beaumont partially translates "Berceuse pour le piano," to "Berceuse, for piano." Additional title information provided by Roberge, for example, a key signature not found in the original title, is sometimes added in parentheses. For works with text, the first line is typically given, followed by the name of the poet in parentheses. Translations, when provided, are in brackets. Dates of composition and durations are from Beaumont, unless otherwise indicated. Dedications are from Roberge.
Busoni Archive: Most of Busoni's unpublished early manuscripts, as well as those of later works, have been preserved in the Busoni-Nachlaß . The collection consists of 366 cataloged items, many of which were lost during the Second World War, and after the war were divided between Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, in West Berlin and the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Musikabteilung, in East Berlin. Kindermann lists the locations and manuscript numbers of each work, for those manuscripts which were available until the year he published his catalog. Some of the lost items reappeared later; most are now at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. After the fall of the Berlin wall, the two libraries were reunited as the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Sitsky has an appendix listing manuscripts, including those lost, which may yet reappear, as well as those not part of the Busoni-Archive, which are either not numbered or are numbered with a different system. The Busoni-Archive manuscript numbers provided by [|Sitsky] are prefixed with the letters "SB", a procedure which has been adopted here as well.
Abbreviations: acc., according to; arr., arrangement; SB, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin; B&H, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig ; cat., catalog; ded., dedicated to; dur., duration; frag, fragment; fp, first performance;, link to score at the International Music Score Library Project; instr., instrumentation; MS, manuscript; [|pub]., published; rev., revised; unpub., unpublished.

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Cat. no.	Title	Date of composition	Details
BV 1	Canzone Op. 1, for piano	Jun 1873	SB1; unpub.
BV 2	Berceuse Op. 2, for piano	Jun 1873	SB2; unpub.
BV 3	Introduzione, Tempo di Walzer e Finale Op. 3, for piano	Aug 1873	SB3; unpub.
BV 4	Cadenza-Esercizio Op. 4, for piano	Sept 1873	SB4; unpub.
BV 5	Studio Op. 5, for piano	Oct 1873	SB5; unpub.
BV 6	Tema con Variazioni Op. 6, for piano	Oct 1873	SB7; unpub.
BV 7	Menuetto Op. 17, for piano	5 October 1873; 15 October 1873	SB16, SB28; unpub.
BV 8	Preghiera alla Madonna "Vergin santa benedetta Madre" Op. 7, song for two women and piano	15 October 1873	SB7; unpub.
BV 9	Marcia funebre Op. 8, for piano	22 February 1874	SB8; unpub.
BV 10	Romanza senza parole Op. 9, for piano	22 February 1874	SB9; unpub.; ded. Ersilia Grusovin
BV 11	Canzone popolare Op. 13, for piano	17 September 1874	SB18; unpub.
BV 12	La Canzone del Cacciatore Op. 10, for piano	20 September 1874	SB10; unpub.
BV 13	Preludio Op. 11, for piano	Oct 1874	SB11; unpub.; see BV 15
BV 14	Scherzo Op. 14, for piano	Oct 1874	SB13; unpub.
BV 15	Preludio, for clarinet and piano	12 July 1875	SB17; unpub.; arr. of BV 13
BV 16	Inno-Variato Op. 12, for piano	Mar 1875	SB12; unpub.
BV 17	Polka Op. 16, for piano	Jan 1875	SB14; unpub.
BV 18	Scherzo in B-flat major Op. 15, for piano	Feb 1875	SB15; unpub.
BV 19	Preludio Op. 18, for clarinet and piano	26 February 1875; rev. 14 July 1875	SB20; unpub.
BV 20	Preludio Op. 19, for piano	Mar 1875	SB19; unpub.
BV 21	Preludio Op. 20, for piano	Mar 1875	SB21; unpub.
BV 22	Sonata in D major, for piano	20 August 1875	SB22; unpub.
BV 23	Fuga a 2 voci in stile libero , for piano	23 August 1875	SB23; unpub.
BV 24	Studio in C major, for piano	28 August 1875	SB24; unpub.
BV 25	Fuga a 3 voci , for piano	2 September 1875	SB25; unpub.
BV 26	Gavotta, for piano	26 September 1875	SB26; unpub.
BV 27	Inno , for piano	28 September 1875	SB27; unpub.
BV 28	Studio contrappuntato , for piano	14 October 1875	SB29; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 29	Capriccio, for piano	1 November 1875; rev. 1 December 1875	SB32, SB42; unpub.
BV 30	Presto in C minor, for piano	25 November 1875	SB30; unpub.; ded. Ferdinando Busoni
BV 31	Invenzione a due voci, for piano	2 December 1875	SB31, SB44, SB46; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 32	Inno , for piano	5 December 1875	SB33, SB45; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 33	Mandolinata, for piano	25 December 1875	SB34; unpub.
BV 34	Waltzer da Concerto. Momento Musicale , for piano	25–27 December 1875	SB35, SB47; unpub.; ded. Luigi Cimoso
BV 35	Fuga a tre voci , for harmonium or organ	5 January 1876	SB36; unpub., ded. Ferdinando Busoni
BV 36	"Du bist wie eine Blume" , song for voice and piano	24 January 1876	SB48?; unpub.; ded. [\|Anna] Ephrussi
BV 37	Scherzo in C minor, for piano	11 February 1876	SB37?; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 38	String quartet no. 1	20–23 February 1876	SB51; unpub.
BV 39	"Die Abendglocke schallet" , song for voice and piano	3 March 1876	SB49?; unpub.; ded. Carolina Gomperz-Bettelheim
BV 40	Marcia funebre , for piano	15 March 1876	SB38; unpub.
BV 41	Sonata in C major for violin and piano	19 March 1876	SB52; unpub.
BV 42	String quartet no. 2	28 April 1876	^v SB53; unpub; ded
BV 43	Fantaisie-Impromptu, for piano	6 June 1876	SB39; unpub.; ded. Josephine von Wertheimstein
BV 44	Wiegenlied : "Schlafe süß in Gottes Schoß" , for voice and piano	15 June 1876	SB50; unpub.; ded. Mina Gomperz
BV 45	Il Dolore: Romanza senza parole , for piano	21 June 1876	^v SB40, unpub, ded
BV 46	Menuetto, for piano	3 July 1876	SB41; unpub.
BV 47	Fughetta, for piano	9 September 1876	SB54; unpub.; ded. Betty Preläuthner
BV 48	Gavottina Op. 3 no. 3, for piano	11 November 1876	^v SB55; unpub
BV 49	Meditazione , for piano	10 December 1876	SB57; unpub.
BV 50	Invention, for piano	31 December 1876	SB360; unpub
BV 51	Ouverture, for orchestra	1876	^v SB58; unpub; instr; arr
BV 52	Studio , for piano	1 January 1877	SB59; unpub.
BV 53	Untitled, for piano	8 January 1877	SB60; unpub.
BV 54	Fuga in G major, for piano	23 January 1877	SB61; unpub.
BV 55	Waise und Rose, "Wie bin ich armes Kind allein" , for mezzo-soprano and piano	7 March 1877	SB62; unpub.
BV 56	"Deh, ci guarda benedetta" , for SATB	11 May 1877	SB63; unpub.
BV 57	Sonata ? Op. 6, for piano	May 1877	^v SB78; unpub
BV 58	Sonata no. 1 in C major Op. 7, for piano	20 May 1877	^v SB64; unpub
BV 59	Invenzione, for piano	20 June 1877	SB65; unpub
BV 60	Menuetto, for string quartet	24 June 1877	SB66; unpub
BV 61	Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 8, for piano	5 July 1877	^v SB67; unpub
BV 62	Scherzo, for piano	Jul 1877	^v MS, pub, ded
BV 63	Antiphon, "Salve decus patriarchum" , for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, and harmonium	19 August 1877	SB73; unpub
BV 64	Preludio, for piano	4 September 1877	^v SB68; unpub
BV 65	Sonata No. 3 in E major Op. 9, for piano	14 September 1877	^v SB69; unpub
BV 66	Allegro fugato, for piano	30 September 1877	SB70; unpub.
BV 67	"Ave Maria," Op. 1, for voice and piano	1 October 1877	^v pub, ded
BV 67a	"Ave Maria," Op. 1, for voice and strings	20 June 1878	SB91; unpub.; arr. from [\|BV 67]; instr
BV 68	"Salve Regina" Op. 2,, for mezzo-soprano and piano	9 October 1877	SB71; unpub.; see BV 68a
BV 68a	"Salve Regina" Op. 4,, for mezzo-soprano and strings	undated, probably Oct 1877	SB72; unpub.; arr. of BV 68; instr
BV 69	"Pater noster," for mezzo-soprano, three-part male-voice choir and piano or harmonium	23 December 1877	SB74; unpub.
BV 70	L'Invalido Op. 31, "Ho quarant'anni per la patria" , Ballata , for tenor and piano	31 December 1877	SB75; unpub.
BV 71	Cinq Pièces Op. 3, for piano	1877	^v pub, fp
BV 72	Andante con moto Op. 10, for clarinet and piano	1877	^v SB79, pub
BV 73	Menuetto Op. 4, for piano	1 February 1878	SB76; pub.
BV 74	Toccata Op. 4, for piano	17 February 1878	SB77; unpub.
BV 75	Studio in C minor Op. 12, for piano	Feb 1878	SB80; unpub.
BV 76	Adante ed Allegro vivace Op. 13, for string quartet	23 February 1878	SB81; unpub.
BV 77	Menuetto Op. 14, for piano	26 February 1878	MS, pub., ded.
BV 78	Preludio e Fuga in C major Op. 15, for piano left hand	27 February 1878	SB82; unpub.
BV 79	Fuga in stile libero Op. 16, for piano	5 March 1878	SB83; unpub.
BV 80	Concerto for [Piano and String Quartet (Busoni)\|Concerto] Op. 17, for piano and string quartet	21 March 1878	SB84, pub, instr, dur.
BV 81	Suite campestre, 5 pezzi caratteristici Op. 18, for piano	1–5 April 1878	SB85; pub.
BV 82	"Pater noster" a tre voci Op. 20,	6 April 1878	SB86; unpub.
BV 83	Piano piece in C major	5 May 1878	SB87 ; unpub.
BV 84	Preludio in F minor Op. 19, for piano	5 May 1878	SB88; unpub.
BV 85	Preludio e Fuga in C minor Op. 21, for piano	13 May 1878	MS, pub
BV 86	Tristezza, "Dimmi perchè si pallido" Op. 22, for mezzo-soprano and piano	18 May 1878	SB89; unpub.
BV 87	Antiphon, "Tota pulchra es Maria" Op. 23, for SATB	13 June 1878	SB90; unpub.
BV 88	Suite Op. 10, for clarinet and piano	May–June 1878	SB92; pub.
BV 89	Gavotta Op. 25, for piano	11 July 1878	MS, pub.
BV 90	Graduale delle Messe communi della Madonna, "Benedicta et venerabilis es" Op. 27, for mezzo-soprano, SATB, and organ or piano	30 July 1878	SB93; unpub.
BV 91	"Ave Maria," Op. 2, for voice and piano	Aug 1878?	pub. C. A. Spina, Vienna, 1879?
BV 92	Rhapsodie hongroise Op. 28, for piano	4–22 September 1878	SB94 ; unpub.
BV 93	"Salve Regina" Op. 29, for contralto and piano	30 September 1878	SB95; unpub.
BV 94	Lied der Klage Op. 38, "Die Luft ist trübe, der Wind weht kalt", for alto voice and piano	14 October 1878	SB96; pub. August Cranz, Hamburg, 1879?
BV 95	"Ave Maria" in the style of Palestrina Op. 11, for SATB	20 Act 1878	SB97; unpub.
BV 96	Piece for violin and piano Op. 70	Nov 1878	MS:, unpub.
BV 97	Rondo brilliant, for piano	Nov 1878	MS:, unpub.
BV 98	Des Sängers Fluch, "Es stand in alten Zeiten ein Schloß so hoch und hehr" Op. 39, for alto voice and piano	Nov 1878	pub. August Cranz, Hamburg, 1879?; ded. Doktor Albin von Vogel
BV 98a	Des Sängers Fluch, "Es stand in alten Zeiten ein Schloß so hoch und hehr" Op. 39, for alto voice and orchestra	13 April 1879	SB104; unpub.; instr
BV 99	Preludio e Fuga Op. 32, for 2 pianos	5 December 1878	SB98; unpub.
BV 100	Racconti Fantastici. 3 Pezzi caratteristici Op. 12, for piano	1878 or 1882?	pub., fp, ded.

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Cat. no.	Title	Date of composition	Details
BV 101	Solo dramatique Op. 13, for clarinet and piano	2 February 1879	SB99; pub; fp
BV 102	Menuetto Op. 15, for string quartet	12 February 1879	SB100; unpub.
BV 103	Missa I Op. 34, for SATB	12 February 1879	SB101; unpub.
BV 104	Capriccio Op. 36, for 2 pianos	21 February 1879	SB102; unpub.
BV 105	"Benedicta et venerabilis es" Op. 16, for SAB	1 April 1879	SB103; unpub.
BV 106	Scherzo Op. 17, for piano	May 1879	SB105^JU; unpub.
BV 107	Andantino Op. 41, for clarinet and piano	4 May 1879	SB106^JU; pub
BV 108	Serenade no. 2 Op. 42, for clarinet and piano	4–31 May 1879	SB107^JU; pub
BV 109	Piece for piano duet Op. 43	May 1879?	SB108^JU; unpub.
BV 110	Concerto for piano and orchestra Op. 46	May 1879	SB109 ^JU; unpub.; one movement
BV 111	Scherzo Op. 47, for string quartet	31 May 1879	SB110^JU; unpub.
BV 112	Variationen über ein Minnesängerlied aus dem XIII. Jahrhundert Op. 48, for piano and violin	23 June 1879	SB111^JU; unpub.
BV 113	Sternenlied, "Es glänzt am Himmel Stern an Stern" Op. 49, for alto voice and piano	26 June 1879	MS:SB112^JU; unpub.
BV 114	Albumvokale Op. 30, for voice and piano	10 February 1884	MS, pub.; dur. 15 min
BV 115	Präludium und Fuge in D minor Op. 51	23 July 1879	SB113^JU; unpub.; ded. Anna Weiß-Busoni
BV 116	Novelette Op. 52, for clarinet and piano	2 August 1879	SB114^JU; pub
BV 117	Scherzo Op. 53	14 August 1879	SB115^JU; unpub.
BV 118	Scherzo in A minor Op. 54	20 August 1879	SB116^JU; unpub.
BV 119	"Stabat Mater" Op. 55, for SSATBB and strings	Aug 1879	SB117^JU; unpub.; fp; instr
BV 120	Tragische Geschichte, "Es war einer, dem's zu Herzen ging" Op. 56, for low voice and piano	2 October 1879	SB118^JU; unpub.; arr. for TTBB, see BV 120a
BV 120a	Tragische Geschichte, "Es war einer, dem's zu Herzen ging" Op. 56, for TTBB	undated	SB202; unpub.; arr. of BV 120
BV 121	"Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze mein" Op. 57, for soprano and piano	2? Oct 1879	SB119^JU; unpub.
BV 122	"Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht" Op. 59, for mezzo-soprano and piano	13 October 1879	SB120^JU; unpub.
BV 123	Märchen Op. 60, for cello and piano	Oct 1879	SB121^JU; unpub.
BV 124	Menuetto capriccioso in C major Op. 61, for piano	Oct 1879	pub., fp, ded.
BV 125	Introduzione e Capriccio, for 2 pianos	23 November 1879	MS: ; unpub.
BV 126	Danze antiche Op. 11, for piano	Dec 1879	MS, pub., fp, ded.
BV 127	"Kyrie" Op. 64, for SATB ;	30 December 1879	SB122^JU; unpub.
BV 128	Ouverture, for piano four hands	undated	SB125^JU; unpub.; arr. of BV 51?
BV 129	Andante	undated	SB126^JU; unpub
BV 130	Moderato	undated	SB127^JU; unpub
BV 131	Andante con moto B-flat major	undated	SB128^JU; unpub.
BV 132	Piano piece in B minor	undated	SB129^JU; unpub
BV 133	Piano piece in D minor	undated	SB130; unpub.
BV 134	Andante e Tarantella, for piano	undated	SB131; unpub.
BV 135	String Quartet no. 3	undated	SB132; unpub.
BV 136	Allegretto, for string quartet	undated	SB133; unpub.
BV 137	Andante Sostenuto – Allegro Vivace, for string quartet	undated	SB134 ; unpub.
BV 138	Sonata in D major, for piano and clarinet	undated	SB135; unpub.
BV 139	Novellett, for clarinet and piano	undated	SB136; unpub.
BV 140	Piece for clarinet and piano	undated	SB137 ; unpub.
BV 141	Andante maestoso, for orchestra	undated	SB138 ; unpub.
BV 142	"Non torna più", for voice and piano	undated	SB139 ; unpub.
BV 143	"Mein Herz gleicht dem Meere", for voice and piano	undated	SB140; unpub.
BV 144	"Espére enfant demain", for voice and piano	1880?	SB141; unpub.
BV 145	Preghiera alla Madonna, "Vergin santa benedetta," for SATB	undated	SB142
BV 146	"Gloria", for SATB	1 January 1880	SB144; unpub.
BV 147	Das Erkennen Op. 65, for voice and piano	20 January 1880	SB145 ; unpub.
BV 148	"Ave Maria" Op. 67, for voice and strings	undated	SB146 ; unpub.
BV 149	Praeludium Fuge in D major a 3 voci, for piano	"30 February 1880"	SB148; unpub.
BV 150	Marsch Op. 41, for piano	5 March 1880	MS: ; unpub.
BV 151	Der Tanz: Walzer, for piano	undated	SB149; unpub.
BV 152	Gavotte in F minor Op. 70, for piano	11 April 1880	SB149; pub., fp, ded.
BV 153	Invention, for piano	14 May 1880	SB149; unpub.
BV 154	Fugue in F major on a theme of W. A. Rémy, for piano	undated	SB149; unpub.
BV 155	Preludio Fuge Op. 75, for piano	May 1880	SB155; unpub.
BV 156	Duo Op. 43, for 2 flutes and piano	Jun 1880	SB151; pub. 1991
BV 157	Praeludium und Fuge Op. 7, for organ	23 January 1880; 30 June 1880	SB147; pub.; ded. Wilhelm Mayer
BV 158	Rondo Op. 77, for piano	July 1880	SB153; unpub.
BV 159	Tre pezzi nello stile antico Op. 10, for piano	Jul 1880	MS, pub.; fp, ded.
BV 160	Scherzo Op. 47, for piano	Aug 1880	MS: ; unpub.
BV 161	Impromptu Op. 48, for clarinet and piano	Aug 1880	SB154; unpub.
BV 162	Piece, for clarinet and piano	undated	SB154; unpub.
BV 163	Phantasiestück Op. 49, for piano	Aug 1880	MS: ; unpub.
BV 164	Sonate Op. 49, for piano	1 September 1880	SB155; unpub.
BV 165	Praeludium & Fuge in D major Op. 73, for piano	Oct 1880	MS: ; unpub.
BV 166	Praeludium Fuge in G minor Op. 74, for piano	Oct 1880	SB; unpub.; arr., see BV 220
BV 167	Zwei Lieder Op. 31, for voice and piano	12 October 1880	MS, pub., ded.
BV 168	Sonata for piano	Nov 1880	MS: ; unpub.
BV 169	Missa in honorem Beate Mariae Virginis Op. 51, for double chorus	Nov 1880	SB161; unpub.; ded. Johannes B. Zwerger
BV 170	Scherzo Op. 52, for violin, cello, and piano	Nov 1880	MS: ; unpub.
BV 171	Frühlingslied, "Ich grüße euch liebe Vögelein" Op. 44, for TTBB	Jun 1880?	SB159; unpub.
BV 172	Der Wirtin Töchterlein, "Es zogen drei Burschen" Op. 45, for TTBB	Nov 1880	SB160; unpub.
BV 173	"Guten Abend, gute Nacht", for TTBB	Nov 1880?	SB; unpub.
BV 174	Motet, "Gott erbarme sich unser" Op. 55, for chorus and piano	15 November 1880	SB162; unpub.; arr. as BV174a
BV 174a	Motet, "Gott erbarme sich unser" Op. 55, for chorus and orchestra	23 December 1880	SB163; unpub.; instr; arr. of BV 174
BV 175	Studio in A minor, for piano	1880?	SB166; unpub.
BV 176	Suite, for clarinet and string quartet	1880?	SB167; unpub.
BV 177	String Quartet no. 2 in C major Op. 56	Jan–Feb 1881 and Dec 1881 – Jan 1882	SB164; unpub.
BV 178	Praeludium Fuge, for piano	1 April 1881	SB ; unpub.
BV 179	Praeludium Fuge, for piano	1 April 1881	SB; unpub.
BV 180	Preludio e Fuga Op. 36, for piano	10 April 1881	MS, [\|pub, fp, ded].
BV 181	24 Préludes Op. 37, for piano	May 1881	MS, pub., fp; ded. Luigi Cimoso
BV 182	Fuge in C Op. 72, for piano	1881	MS: ; unpub.
BV 183	Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	3 May – 10 July 1881	SB171; unpub.; instr
BV 184	Andante mit Variationen Op. 18, for violin, cello, and piano	1881	SB172; unpub.
BV 185	Una Festa di Villaggio, 6 pezzi caratteristici Op. 9, for piano	Dec 1881	MS, pub., fp, ded.
BV 186	Introduzione e Fuga sopra un Corale di G. S. Bach , for orchestra	1881?	SB ; unpub.; instr
BV 187	Notturno, for clarinet and piano	undated	SB173 ; unpub.
BV 188	Fuga Op. 57, per l'esame di Bologna, for piano	27 March 1882	SB174; unpub.
BV 189	Danza Notturna Op. 13, for piano	16 June 1882	pub., fp
BV 190	"Ave Maria" Op. 35, for baritone and orchestra	22–23 June 1882	MS, pub., instr., ded.
BV 191	Primavera, Estate, Autunno, Inverno. 4 Poesie liriche Op. 40, for male voice soloists, male chorus, and orchestra	Jul 1882	MS, pub, instr, ded; arr., see BV 191a
BV 191a	Primavera. Frühling, for male chorus a cappella	undated	MS; unpub.; arr. of BV 191
BV 192	Il sabato del villagio , for soloists, chorus, and orchestra	5 August 1882	MS, unpub., instr, fp, ded
BV 193	Marcia di Paesani e Contadine Op. 32, for piano	4 August 1883	MS, pub, fp
BV 194	Macchiette medioevali Op. 33, for piano	1882–1883	pub., fp
BV 195	Macchiette medioevali No. 2/B. Cavaliere Reiter, for piano	1882–1883	MS, unpub.
BV 196	Serenata Op. 34, for cello and piano	1 January 1883	MS, pub., fp, ded
BV 197	Trois Morceaux Op. 4, 5, and 6, for piano	1883?	pub, fp, ded
BV 198	Etude 15, en forme d' "Adagio" d'une Sonate, for piano	1883	MS, unpub., ded.
BV 199	Etude 16 , for piano	1883	MS: SB186; unpub.
BV 200	Studio 18 in F minor, for piano	14 February 1883	MS: SB184; unpub.

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Cat. no.	Title	Date of composition	Details
BV 201	Symphonische Suite Op. 25, for orchestra	Aug 1883	MS, pub., instr, fp, ded.
BV 202	Zwei Lieder Op. 15, for voice and piano No. 1 "Ich sah die Thräne" No. 2 "An Babylons Wassern"	Mar 1884	pub., ded., arr, see BV 202a
BV 202a	"An Babylons Wassern", for male voice and piano	Feb 1901	SB229^JU ; unpub.; arr. of BV 202
BV 203	Six études Op. 16, for piano	1883	pub, ded
BV 204	Sonata in F minor Op. 20, for piano	Christmas 1883	SB187; pub, fp, ded
BV 205	"So lang man jung" Op. 16, for male voice chorus and orchestra	Jan 1884	unpub.
BV 206	Étude en forme de variations Op. 17, for piano	1883?	pub.
BV 207	Zwei altdeutsche Lieder Op. 18, for voice and piano	1884?	pub.; arr. of no. 2, see BV 207a
BV 207a	"Unter den Linden" for voice and small orchestra	1893	unpub., arr. of BV 207
BV 208	String Quartet in C , Op. 19	1880–82	pub.
BV 209	Zweite Balletszene Op. 20, for piano	1884	pub.
BV 210	Introduction et Scherzo, for piano and orchestra	Oct 1882, rev. Aug 1884	unpub.
BV 211	Gesang aus Mirza Schaffy, "Auf dem Dache stand sie, als ich schied", for voice and piano	1884	unpub.
BV 212	"Es blüht ein Blümlein", for TTBB	17 January 1885	MS: BSL ; unpub.
BV 213	Variationen und Fuge in freier Form über Fr. Chopin's C-moll Präludium Op. 22, for piano	1884	pub.
BV 213a	Zehn Variationen über ein Präludium von Chopin, for piano	28 March 1922	pub.
BV 214	Invenzione, for piano	28 July 1885	unpub.
BV 215	Kleine Suite Op. 23, for cello and piano	1886	pub.
BV 216	Zwei Lieder Op. 24, for low voice and piano	1885	pub.
BV 217	Tempo di menuetto, for orchestra	1885?	unpub.
BV 218	Eine alte Geschichte in neue Reime gebracht, melodrama for voice and piano	undated, 1884 or 1885?	unpub.
BV 219	Chorlied der Deutschen in Amerika, for TTBB	1892?	unpub.
BV 220	Praeludium in A minor, for piano	1885?	unpub.; rev. from BV 166
BV 221	Introduktion, Marsch, Walzer, for orchestra	1894?	MS: ; unpub.
BV 222	Anhang zu Siegfried Ochs "Kommt a Vogerl g'flogen", for piano	1886?	pub. 1987
BV 223	Fughette, for violin and piano	1886?	MS: ; unpub.
BV 224	Kanon. Huldigung der Töne FBB, dargebracht den Tönen a Remi.	Mar 1887	MS: lost; unpub.
BV 225	String Quartet no. 2 in D minor Op. 26	Jun 1887	pub. 1889
BV 226	Fuge über das Volkslied "O, du mein lieber Augustin", for piano duet	Jun 1888	pub. 1985
BV 227	Finnländische Volksweisen Op. 27, for piano 4-hands	1888	pub. 1889
BV 228	Piece, for piano	undated	MS: BSL; unpub.
BV 229	Four Bagatelles Op. 28, for violin and piano	1888	pub.
BV 230	Concert Fantasie Op. 29, for piano and orchestra	Dec 1888 – 1889	MS: BSL; unpub.; rev. as BV 240
BV 231	Sigune, oder das stille Dorf. Opera in 2 acts and a prelude.	1 February 1885 – Jun 1889	MS: BSL; unpub.
BV 232	Marche Funèbre, for orchestra	undated	MS: BSL ; unpub.
BV 233	Sonata I, for piano	undated	MS: BSL ; unpub.
BV 234	Sonata Op. 29, for violin and piano	1889	pub. 1891
BV 235	Zwei Klavierstücke Op. 30a	1889	pub. D. Rahter, Hamburg, 1891; rev. as BV 235a
BV 235a	Zwei Tanzstücke Op. 30a, for piano	1914	pub. B&H, 1914; rev. from BV 235
BV 236	Konzertstück Op. 31a, for piano and orchestra	1889 – Jun 1890	pub.; dur. 20 min; instr; fp; ded. Anton Rubinstein
BV 237	Kultaselle. Zehn kurze Variationen über ein finnisches Volkslied , for piano and cello	May 1889?	pub. Rudolf Dietrich, Leipzig, and B&H, 1891, 1951?
BV 238	Vierte Ballet-Scene in Form eines Concert-Walzers Op. 33a, for piano	Jun 1894	pub. B&H, 1894; ded. Carl Stasny; rev., see BV 238a
BV 238a	Vierte Ballet Szene , for piano	16 February 1913	pub. B&H, 1913; fp; ded. Carl Stasny; rev. from BV 238
BV 239	5^e Scéne de Ballet , for piano	undated, after 1892?	SB ; unpub.
BV 240	Symphonisches Tongedicht , Op. 31a	1 March 1893	pub. B&H, 1894; instr; ded. Arthur Nikisch
BV 241	Stücke Op. 33b, for piano	1895	MS, pub, ded
BV 242	Geharnischte Suite Op. 34a, for orchestra	1894–5; rev. 1903	pub. B&H, 1905
BV 243	Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35a	1896 – Mar 1897	pub. B&H, 1899; dur. 28 min; instr; fp; ded. Henri Petri
BV 244	Sonata no.2 Op. 36a, for violin and piano	May 1898 and Aug 1900	SB; pub. B&H, 1901 EB 5189; dur. 32 min; fp; ded. Ottokar Nováček
BV 245	Eine Lustspielouvertüre (Comedy Overture) Op. 38, for orchestra	July 1897; rev. 1904	pub. B&H, 1904; dur. 8 min
BV 246	Ballade, for piano	undated	SB224 ; unpub.
BV 247	Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39	1901 – 3 August 1904	MS, pub, instr, fp
BV 247a	Coda supplementaria for Piano Concerto	13 August 1908	MS; unpub.
BV 248	Turandot Suite Op. 41, for orchestra	Jun–Aug 1905	pub. B&H, 1906 PB 1976; dur. 33 min; instr; fp; ded. Karl Muck
BV 248a	Verzweiflung und Ergebung : appendix to the Turandot Suite	1911	pub. B&H, 1911 PB 2309; dur. 4 min; instr; fp
	Altoums Warnung : second appendix to the Turandot Suite.	1917	pub. B&H, 1918 PB 1976a; dur. 6 min ; instr; fp
BV 249	Elegien. 6 neue Klavierstücke.	Sep–Dec 1907	MS, pub, fp
BV 250	Introduction music for "Das Wunder des Heiligen Antonius: Der Leichenschmaus"	1908–1911	MS: ; unpub.
BV 251	Nuit de Noël. Esquisse , for piano	Dec 1908	SB; pub. Durand et Fils, Paris, 1909; dur. 4 min; ded. Frida Kindler
BV 252	Berceuse, for piano	5 June 1909	pub.
BV 252a	Berceuse élégiaque Op. 42, for orchestra	27 October 1909	pub.
BV 253	Fantasia nach Johann Sebastian Bach, for piano	8 June 1909	pub.
BV 254	An die Jugend. Eine folge von Klavierstücken	Jul–Aug 1909	MS, pub, ded, fp
BV 255	Große Fuge , for piano	January – 1 Mar 1910	pub.
BV 256	Fantasia Contrappuntistica. Edizione definitiva, for piano	Jun 1910	pub.
BV 256a	Fantasia Contrappuntistica. Edizione minore, for piano	20 July 1912	pub.
BV 256b	Fantasia Contrappuntistica, for 2 pianos	3 July 1921	pub.
BV 257	Sonatina, for piano	4 August 1910
BV 258	Die Brautwahl	2 February 1906 – 8 October 1911	pub.
BV 259	Sonatina seconda, for piano	6 July 1912	pub.
BV 260	Operetten Musik, for Wedekind's Franziska	1912	SB260 ; unpub.
BV 261	Die Brautwahl Suite Op. 45, for orchestra	Aug 1912	pub.
BV 262	Nocturne symphonique Op. 43, for orchestra	Oct 1912 – 6 July 1913	pub.
BV 263	Su monte Mario, "Solenni in vetta a Monte Mario", for baritone and orchestra	18 August 1914	SB ; unpub.
BV 264	Indian Fantasy\|Indianische Fantasie Op. 44, for piano and orchestra	Apr 1913 – 22 February 1914	pub.
BV 265	Floh-Sprung. Canon for two voices with obbligato bass	21 August 1914	pub. 1932
BV 266	Rondò arlecchinesco Op. 46, for orchestra and tenor solo	April – 8 Jun 1915	MS: Library of Congress, Washington, and SB; pub. B&H, 1917
BV 267	Indianisches Tagebuch. Erstes Buch. , for piano	June – 8 Aug 1915	pub.
BV 268	Sonatina "ad usum infantis," for piano	Jul 1915	pub.
BV 269	Gesang vom Reigen der Geister . Indianisches Tagebuch. Zweites Buch. Op. 47, for small orchestra	August – 30 Dec 1915	pub.
BV 270	Arlecchino (opera) Op. 50	Nov -Dec 1914; Nov 1915 – Aug 1916	pub.
BV 271	Improvisation über das Bachsche Chorallied "Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seele" , for 2 pianos	– 26 June Aug 1916	pub.
BV 272	Albumblatt , for flute and piano	1916	SB; pub. B&H, 1917; ded. Albert Biolley; arr. for piano, see BV272a,
BV 272a	Albumblatt , for piano	1917	pub. B&H, 1918; ded. Albert Biolley; arr. from BV 272
BV 273	Turandot. Eine chinesische Fabel nach Gozzi in zwei Akten.	Dec 1916 – Mar 1917	pub. B&H, 1918 ; ded. Arturo Toscanini
BV 274	Sonatina "in diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII" for piano	22 December 1917	ms, pub, ded, fp
BV 275	Sonatina quasi Sonata for piano	1917	MS:
BV 276	Concertino Op. 48, for clarinet and small orchestra	Mar–Apr 1918	pub. B&H, 1918; dur. 10 min; fp; instr; arr.; ded. Edmondo Allegra
BV 277	Altoums Gebet. "Konfutse, dir hab' ich geschworen" Op. 49 no. 1, for baritone and small orchestra	1917	pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner
BV 278	Lied des Mephistopheles. "Es war einmal ein König" , Op. 49 no. 2, for baritone and small orchestra	30 March 1918	SB; pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. from BV278a
BV 278a	Lied des Mephistopheles. "Es war einmal ein König" , Op. 49 no. 2, for baritone and piano	Mar 1918 or later?	SB; pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. baritone and small orchestra, see BV 278
BV 279	Notturni . Prologo, for piano	20 May 1918	SB; unpub.; ded. Riccardo Hadl
BV 280	Sonatina brevis, "In Signo Joannis Sebastiani Magni," for piano	19 August 1918	SB; pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Philipp Jarnach
BV 281	Lied des Unmuts. "Keinen Reimer wird man finden" , for baritone and piano	May 1918?	SB; pub. B&H, 1919; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. for baritone and orchestra, see BV 281a
BV 281a	Lied des Unmuts. "Keinen Reimer wird man finden" , for baritone and orchestra	20 February 1924	SB; pub. B&H, Wiesbaden, 1964; ded. Augustus Milner; arr. from BV 281
BV 282	Sarabande und Cortège Op. 51. Two studies for Doktor Faust,	Dec 1918 – Jan 1919	pub. B&H, 1920
BV 283	Eldorado. "Gaily bedight, A gallant knight", for voice and piano	10 June 1919	SB ; unpub.
BV 284	Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen , for piano	20 March 1920	SB; pub. B&H, 1920; ded. Leonhard Tauber
BV 285	Divertimento Op. 52, for flute and small orchestra	May 1920	SB; pub. B&H, 1922; ded. Philippe Gaubert
BV 286	Elegie, for clarinet and piano	Sep 1919 and Jan 1920	SB ; pub. B&H, 1921; ded. Edmondo Allegra
BV 287	Toccata: Preludio, Fantasia, and Ciaccona, for piano	21 July – Sep 1920	MS; pub.; ded. Isidor Philipp
BV 288	Tanzwalzer Op. 53, for orchestra	Sep – Oct 1920	pub. B&H, 1922; dur. 12 min; fp; instr; ded. the memory of Johann Strauss
BV 289	Drei Albumblätter , for piano	May 1921	pub. B&H, 1921; dur. 8 min; fp; ded.
BV 290	Romanza e scherzoso Op. 54, for piano and orchestra	21 June 1921	SB; pub. B&H, 1922, PB 2639; dur. 8 min; fp; instr; ded. Alfredo Casella; see BV 292
BV 291a	Die Bekehrte, "Bei dem Glanze der Abendröte" , for female voice and piano	22 September 1921	MS: Library of Congress, Washington; pub. B&H, 1937, DLV 4791; dur. 4 min; ded. Lola Artôt de Padilla
BV 291b	Die Spröde, "An dem reinsten Frühlingsmorgen" , for female voice and piano	Sep 1921	MS: University of Tennessee, Knoxville ; unpub.
BV 292	Concertino Op. 54, for piano and orchestra	21 June 1921	pub. B&H, 1937 ; fp
BV 293	Perpetuum mobile, 'nach des Concertino II. Satz Op. 54', for piano	Feb 1922	pub. B&H, 1922, EB 5231, plate number 28765; dur. 3 min; ded. Cella Delavrancea
BV 294	Grausige Geschichte vom Münzjuden Lippold. Aus der Oper Die Brautwahl , for voice and orchestra	16 February – Mar 1923	SB; unpub.; dur. 6 min; instr; arr. baritone and piano, see BV 294a
BV 294a	Grausige Geschichte vom Münzjuden Lippold. Aus der Oper Die Brautwahl , for voice and piano	30 March 1923	SB; unpub.; dur. 6 min; arr. of BV 294
BV 295	Zigeunerlied Op. 55 no. 2, "Im Nebelgeriesel, im tiefen Schnee" , for baritone and orchestra	27 March 1923	SB; pub. B&H; dur. 8 min; fp; instr; arr. baritone and piano, see BV 295a
BV 295a	Zigeunerlied Op. 55 no. 2, "Im Nebelgeriesel, im tiefen Schnee" , for baritone and piano	Mar 1923	pub.; arr. of BV 295
BV 296	Fünf kurze Stücke zur Pflege des polyphonen Spiels auf dem Pianoforte.	– 19 March May 1923	MS; pub.; fp; dur. 16 min; ded. Edwin Fischer
BV 297	Prélude et Étude en Arpèges , for piano	29 January and 12 February 1923	MS; pub.; dur. 7 min; fp
BV 298	Schlechter Trost, "Mitternachts weint' und schluchzt' ich" , for baritone and orchestra	24 February 1924	SB; pub.; dur. 3 min; fp; instr; arr. baritone and piano, see BV 298a
BV 298a	Schlechter Trost, "Mitternachts weint' und schluchzt' ich" , for baritone and piano	Feb 1924	pub.; arr. from BV 298a
BV 299	Lied des Brander, "Es war eine Ratt' im Kellernest" , for baritone and piano	Mar 1918	SB ; pub.; dur. 2 min; arr.
BV 300	"Es war ein König in Thule" , for baritone and piano	1918	SB ; unpub.
BV 301	"Wie an dem Tag, der dich der Welt verliehen" , for voice and piano	1918	SB ; unpub.
BV 302	"Freudvoll und leidvoll" , for voice and piano	1918	SB ; unpub.
BV 303	Doktor Faust	Sep 1916 – May 1923	pub. B&H

Appendix

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This section lists additional original works not assigned numbers in the Kindermann catalog. They are listed in the order given in Roberge with one additional item.

No.	Title	Date of composition	Details
1	Overtüre zu einem gedachten Singspiel nach der Tradition des "Lieben Augustin", for orchestra	undated; ca. 1888	MS: SB207 ; unpub.
2	Music for Gozzi's "Turandot," for orchestra and female voices	Jun 1905	MS ; unpub.; fp; arr.
3	Klavierübung in fünf Teilen	1917–1922	MS, pub, ded
4	Nachtrag zu Turandot – "Diese Zeichen von Trauer"	22 June 1921	SB; unpub.
5	Reminiscenza Rossiniana, "Caro [\|Dent] due paroline in confidenza" , for voice and piano	3 March 1923	pub. Dent, pp. 278–9.
6	Lied der Schieber am Kurfürstendamm, "Wir schieben, wir schieben" , for unison choir and piano	20 April 1923	SB, unpub.
7	Klavierübung in zehn Büchern, zweite umgestaltete und bereicherte Ausgabe.	Dec 1923 – Jan 1924	MS, pub
8	"Ich hab' gesucht und nichts gefunden" , for SSA	14 January 1924	MS, pub., ded.
9		undated	SB165; unpub.

Catalog details

This section contains detailed information for selected catalog items.

^ BV 42: String quartet no. 2
Comprises: 4 movements
1) Allegro Agitato
2) Andante Sostenuto
3) Scherzo – Trio
4) Allegro Vivace
MS: SB53
Title: 2º Quartetto composto da Ferruccio [|Benvenuto Busoni]
Ded: Al mio amatissimo padre.
Date: Scritto il 28 Aprile 1876.
Pub: unpublished
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 43–44; Roberge, p. 11; Beaumont, p. 357.
^ BV 45: Il Dolore: Romanza senza parole , for piano
Tempo: Andante
MS: SB40
Ded: Alla Memoria dell' Illustrissimo Signor Barone Hermann de Todesco.
Date: Composta il 21 Giugno 1876 all'età di anni 10 in Gmunden.
MS: SB N. Mus. ms. 120
Title: Der Schmerz. Lied ohne Worte für Klavier allein, componirt von dem 10jährigen Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni.
Ded: Zur Erinnerung an den Herrn Baron Hermann von Todesco.
Date: Scritta il 21 Giugno 1876 all'età di anni 10.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 45–46; Roberge, p. 11; Beaumont, p. 357; Sitsky, pp. 13, 364, 380.
^ BV 48: Gavottina Op. 3 no. 3, for piano
MS: SB55 ; SB56 "Gavotta" is identical to SB55.
Date: Scritta l'11 Novembre 1876 all'età di anni 10 e mezzo a Vienna.
Note: This piece was probably intended for BV 71.
Ref: Kindermann, p. 47; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, p. 364.
^ BV 51 Ouverture, for orchestra
Tempi: Moderato – Allegro
MS: SB58
Title: Ouverture per Grande Orchestra composta da Ferr. Weiß-Busoni
Date: Composta nell'anno 1876 in Vienna.
Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone; timpani, tubular bells, harp; strings
Pub: unpublished
Arrangement: piano duet, see BV 128
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 48–49; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 357.
^ BV 57: Sonata ?
Alternative titles:
1) Zwei Kompositionen in d-Moll und f-Moll für Pianoforte
2) Two Pieces in D minor and F minor for Piano
3) 2 pieces Op. 6, for piano
4) Sonata fragment Op. 6
MS: SB78
Comprises:
1) Titlepage: "Op. 6"
2) Piece in D minor
3) Piece in F minor
Notes:
1) On the last page of is written: "Sonata 4ª"
2) On the first page of are listed:
Iª Sonata Do magg:
IIIª Sonata Mi magg:
IVª Sonata Fa min:
Vª Sonata IXª Sonata
This list probably refers to an intended set of sonatas which was never completed.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 51–52; Sitsky, pp. 23–24; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 358.
^ BV 58: Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 7, for piano
MS: ' SB64
Comprises:
1) Allegro con brio
2) Andante mosso
3) – Trio
4)
Title: Sonata No. 1 in Do magg: Op. 7 Composta da Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni
Date: il 20 Maggio 1877 all' età di anni undici e 2 mesi in tempo sua malattia
Note: This sonata was probably intended to be part of a set of at least 9 sonatas, never completed.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 52–53; Sitsky, pp. 23–24; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 358.
^ BV 61: Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 8, for piano
MS: SB67
Comprises:
1) Allegro con fuoco
2) Andante con Variazione: Andante con moto quasi Andantino
3) Andante – Allegro Vivace
Title: Sonata No. 2 in Re magg: Composta per il pianoforte. Op. 8 da Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni
Date: il 5 Luglio 1877 in Gmunden all' età di anni 11.
Note:
1) This sonata was probably intended to be part of a set of at least 9 sonatas, never completed.
2) BV 62 may originally have been intended to be part of this sonata.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 54–55; Sitsky, pp. 23–24; Roberge, p. 12; Beaumont, p. 358.
^ BV 62: Scherzo, for piano
Tempo: Presto
MS: G. Ricordi, Milan
Title: Scherzo, tratto dalla Sonata Op. 8 in Mi magg: composto da Ferruccio Benv. Busoni
Ded: All'Illustre Critico Sigr. Filippo Dr. Filippi.
Date: Gmunden, Luglio 1877
Pub: F. Lucca, Milan, 1882, plate. no. Z 35468 Z,
Title: Scherzo per pianoforte tratto dalla Sonata Op. 8 in Mi Maggiore
Ded: All'Illustre Critico Cavaliere Filippo Dott^r. Filippi.
Notes:
1) Scherzo movement probably originally intended for the Sonata No. 3 in E major Op. 9, [|BV 65] ; or the Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 8, [|BV 61].
2) According to Busoni's handwritten catalog of works the piece was composed on 5 July 1877.
3) Publication was announced on 16 September 1882 in L'Arte, Trieste.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 55–56; Sitsky, p. 41; Beaumont, p. 358.
^ BV 64: Preludio, for piano
Tempo: Andante sostenuto
MS: SB68
Title: Preludio
Date: Gmunden den 4 September 1877.
Text: "Du bist wie eine Blume"
Note: The text by Heine appears in the piano part rather than the title.
Ref: Kindermann, p. 57; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, p. 365.
^ BV 65: Sonata No. 3 in E major Op. 9, for piano
MS: SB69
Title: Sonata No. 3 in Mi magg: Op. 9
Comprises:
1)
2) one intervening title page: Sonata Nº 3 Mi maggiore
3) Finale
Date: Composta il 14 September 1877.
Notes:
1) BV 62 was probably originally to be part of this sonata.
2) This sonata was probably intended to be part of a set of at least 9 sonatas, never completed.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 57–58; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, pp. 41, 365.
^ BV 67: "Ave Maria," Op. 1, for voice and piano
MS: unknown
Comp: 1 October 1977
Pub: Vienna: C. A. Spina and Hamburg: August Cranz, n.d. , plate no. C.24586,
Title: Ave Maria per Canto accompagnamento dir Pianoforte, Op. 1
Ded: Omaggio al celebre Tenore Cav. Angelo Masini
Notes:
1) Date of composition for this work is written on the first page of ms SB360 : "Ave Maria 1/10/77"
2) According to Busoni's handwritten catalog of works the piece was composed in 1877 in Gmunden.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 58–59; Dent, p. 345; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358.
^ BV 71: Cinq Pièces Op. 3, for piano
Comprises:
1) Preludio: Andante
2) Minuetto – Trio
3) Gavotta – Trio
4) Etude: Allegretto con moto
5) Gigue: Allegro
Comp: 1877
MS: unknown
Pub: Leipzig: August Cranz, n.d. , plate nos. C.24541 to C.24545,
First performance: Vienna and Baden, 1878; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Notes:
1) According to Busoni's handwritten catalog of works this piece was composed in 1877 in Vienna.
2) This is Busoni's first published work.
Ref: Dent, p. 340; Kindermann, pp. 61–63; Roberge, p. 13; Beaumont, p. 358; Sitsky, pp. 40–41.
^ BV 72: Andante con moto Op. 10, for clarinet and piano
Alternative titles:
1) Komposition in e-Moll für Klarinette und Pianoforte
2) Suite in E minor for Clarinet and Piano
3) Suite Op. 10, for clarinet and piano
Comprises: Andante con moto
MS: SB79
Page inventory:
Full score: Title page; 3 pages score ; 1 blank page; 2 pages score
Clarinet part in C: both sides of a single sheet
Title: Klarinetten-Suite, Op. 10
Date: 1877.
Pub: Munich: G. Henle Verlag, 1992; cat. no. HN 467; ed. by Georg [|Meerwein]
Title: Andante con moto
Full score: pp. 1–3
Clarinet part: p. 1 ; p. 18.
Note: Between measures 40 and 41 the full score and the clarinet part of the manuscript have an additional 14 bars not included in the published score. These were later stricken from the ms full score. The clarinet part notates this section in "two-part texture."
Ref: Meerwein, Full score: pp. vi–vii, 53 ; Kindermann, p. 63; Beaumont, p. 359; Roberge, p. 13; Sitsky, p. 365.
^ BV 203: Six études Op. 16, for piano
Comprises:
Etüde 1. Allegro deciso
Etüde 2. Allegro moderato
Etüde 3. Moderato
Etüde 4. Allegro vivace e con fuoco
Etüde 5. Allegro giusto
Etüde 6. Scherzo. Vivacissimo, energico, feroce
Comp: 1883
Manuscript: Unknown
Publications:
1) Vienna: Albert J. Gutmann, n.d. , cat. no. A.J.G. 614, plate no. 8285,
2) No. 5 only: Vienna: Albert J. Gutmann, Copyright 1884 by G. Schirmer, New York, cat. no. 530,
3) Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1886 by G. Schirmer, New York, cat. no. EB 5079, plate no. 28468
4) No. 5 only: , Copyright 1886 by G. Schirmer, New York, plate no. A.J.G. 530,
5) Reprint: Wiesbaden-Leipzig-Paris: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d. , cat. no. 5079, plate no. 28468,
6) Nos. 2–4: Moscow: Muzyka, 1969, ed. Grigorii Kogan
Dedication: Johannes Brahms
First performances:
1) Graz, 21 October 1883; ; Ferruccio Busoni, piano.
2) Vienna, 1884; ; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Ref: Dent, pp. 46, 341; Kindermann, pp. 163–165; Sitsky, p. 47; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 26.
BV 204: Sonate f-moll Op. 20 für Klavier
Comprises:
1) Allegro risoluto vivace ed energico
2) Andante con moto
3) Nella guesa d'un'improvvisazione – Allegro fugato
Manuscript: SB187
Dedication: Anton Rubinstein gewidmet
Dated: Vienna Natale 1883
First performance: Vienna, Bösendorfer Saal, 6 March 1884; Ferruccio Busoni, piano
Publication: B&H, 1983, as Op. 20a, ed. Jutta Theurich
Recording: Wolf Harden, piano
Ref: Dent, p. 341; Kindermann. pp. 165-166; Sitsky, p. 26; Beaumont, p. 365; Roberge, p. 26.
BV 241: Stücke Op. 33b, for piano
Comprises:
Series I :
1) Schwermut
2) Frohsinn ,
3) Scherzino
Series II :
4) Fantasia in modo antico . Allegro risoluto
5) Finnische Ballade
6) Exeunt omnes
Composed: 1895
Manuscript: Busoni Archive No.223
Title: Finnische Ballade
4 sheets, notated on one side only, attached
Publications:
1) Leipzig: C. F. Peters, Copyright 1896, cat. no. 2838, plates 8222 ; 8223, 36 pages
2) Helsinki: Fazer, 1957
3) Moscow: Muzyka, 1969
4) Frankfurt, New York, and London: C. F. Peters, 1982
Ref: Dent, p. 342; Kindermann, pp. 213–216; Beaumont, p. 368; Roberge, p. 31.
^ BV 274: Sonatina in diem nativitatis Christi MCMXVII für Klavier zu zwei Händen
MS:
1) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel
2) SB304
Dedication: "An Benvenuto"
Pub:
1) Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, Copyright 1918, cat. no. EB 5071, plate no. 27744,
2) Leipzig: VEB Breitkopf & Härtel,
3) Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel,
4) Milan: Ricordi, 1986.
First performance: Tonhalle, Zürich ; 24 January 1910; Ferruccio Busoni, piano.
Ref: Kindermann, pp. 331–332; Dent, p. 344; Roberge, p. 39; Beaumont, pp. 251, 370; Sitsky, pp. 79, 376, 381.

Clarinet and piano compilation

Ferruccio Busoni: Early Character Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
* Pub: Munich: G. Henle Verlag; 1992; cat. no. [|HN 467]; edited by Georg Meerwein; fingering of piano part by Klaus Schilde.
* Note: clarinet in B-flat, except as noted
* Contents: full score ; instrumental part
** Preface, p. V-VIII
** Andante con moto, pp. 1–3 ; p. 2, p. 18
** Suite :
**# Improvvisata : Allegro, pp. 4–6; p. 3
**# Barcarola: Allegretto, pp. 7–9; p. 4
**# Elegia: Adagio, pp. 10–12; p. 5
**# Danza campestre, pp. 13–17; pp. 6–7
**# Tema variato: Andante sostenuto, pp. 18–21; pp. 7–8
**# Serenata, pp. 22–24; p. 9
** Solo dramatique: Allegro maestoso, pp. 25–30; pp. 10–11
** Andantino, pp. 31–34; pp. 12–13
** Serenade, pp. 35–40; pp. 14–15
** Novellette: Allegro, pp. 41–51; pp. 16–17
** Comments, pp. 53–55
Biographical notes
Caroline Bettelheim, wife of Julius Gomperz. Born in Hungary in humble circumstances, she became a pianist, sang at the Carltheater in Vienna, and from 1872 as a contralto at the Vienna Hofoper. After her marriage she gave up singing in public except at charity events.
Anna Weiß-Busoni, Ferruccio Busoni's mother, was a well-known professional pianist. She and his father Ferdinando, a clarinet player, toured together frequently while Ferruccio was still a young boy. She also initiated piano, violin, and toy flute lessons with her young son not long before to his fourth birthday, when the family was living in Paris.
Benvenuto Busoni, the first of Ferruccio Busoni's two sons, was born in Boston while his father held a post at the New England Conservatory of Music. He became a painter as an adult and on 28 January 1922 married Henriette Rinderknecht, a seamstress from Zurich. It has been said that he chose to marry her because she had never heard of his father. He died in Berlin.
Ferdinando Busoni was Ferruccio Busoni's father and an accomplished clarinet player. Early in 1873, upon returning from a tour and rejoining his family in Trieste, Ferdinando took charge of Ferruccio's piano instruction shortly before the boy's seventh birthday. He also added lessons in composition. Ferruccio wrote his first preserved piece, Canzone, Op. 1, in June of that year. He made his first appearance in public as a pianist in a concert with his parents on 23 November 1873.
Luigi Cimoso, a pianist and teacher, was a close friend of Ferruccio Busoni and Busoni's mother Anna.
Gomperz Family: In 1875 Ferrucio Busoni enrolled in the Vienna Conservatory. During his time in Vienna he was taken under the wing of the [|Gomperz family], who were at the center of artistic and intellectual life there. See: Julius Gomperz, Caroline Bettelheim, Theodor Gomperz, Sophie Baroness Todesco, Josephine von Wertheimstein.
Julius Gomperz, a well-known man of letters, married Caroline Bettelheim. He was a member of the Gomperz family: brother to Theodor Gomperz, Sophie Baroness Todesco, and Josephine von Wertheimstein. Julius and Caroline, who were childless, at one point proposed adopting Ferruccio Busoni, but his parents were unwilling to give him up.
Theodor Gomperz was a historian of philosophy. A member of the Gomperz family: brother to Julius Gomperz, Sophie Baroness Todesco, and Josephine von Wertheimstein.
Ersilia Grusovin was Ferruccio Busoni's cousin and the daughter of Mina Weiß Grusovin, his mother Anna's sister.
Angelo Masini was an Italian tenor, admired for his portrayal of the title role in Donzetti's Don Sebastiano.
Gino Tagliapietra was an Italian pianist and composer. He became a professor at the Liceo Benedetto Marcello, Venice.
Hermann de Todesco was the husband of Sophie Baroness Todesco.
Sophie Baroness Todesco , wife of Baron Hermann de Todesco; member of the Gomperz family: sister of Theodor Gomperz, Julius Gomperz, and Josephine von Wertheimstein. She provided a tutor for the young Ferruccio Busoni, and she and her sister Josephine generously contributed money toward his expenses over a period of many years.
Josephine von Wertheimstein , a member of the Gomperz family: sister of Theodor Gomperz, Julius Gomperz, and Sophie Baroness Todesco. She and her sister Sophie contributed money toward Ferruccio Busoni's expenses.