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(^ SMITH ^ ^J PATTERSON 'S^l' Wholesale -^^^* and Retail COMPANY ^, ^Jlli 52 Summer St. ^\xC Comedy Overtitrk, Op. 38 Kerruccio Busoni (Born at Empoli, near Florence, Italy, April i, 1866; now living in Berlin.) This "Lust spiel ouverture" was composed in 1897, and it was per- formed on October 12 of that year in a concert given by the' composer with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Berlin. (A symphonic tone- poem, a violin concerto (played by Henri Petri*), and an orchestral suite were produced in the same concert.) Mr. Busoni rewrote the overture in 1904. It was published in 1904 as the second of "Two Gay Overtures"; No. i is Mozart's overture to "Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail," with an ending by Busoni for concert use. The two overtures are dedicated to Mr. Wilhelm Gericke, of Boston, "in friend- ship and with deep respect." The overture is in holiday mood. It begins Allegro molto, C major, 2-2, with a gay and simple theme. The themes are of a light character, and, although they are developed at length, there is no need of an analysis. The overture is scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, kettledrums, triangle, cymbals, and strings. * * * Ferruccio Benvenuto Busoni's first teacher was his mother, a Ger- man. He afterward studied with W. A. Remy (Dr. Mayer), of Graz, and with Nottebohm, Habert, and Goldmark. of Vienna. Busoni made his debut at the age of nine at Vienna, and gave concerts in Italy. He was made an associate of the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna after due examination. He lived for a while at Leipsic, but in 1888 he was appointed a teacher at the Conservatory of Helsingfors, where he married. In 1890 he won the Rubinstein Composers' Prize for * Henri Petri, violinist, was bom on April 5, 1856, at Zeyst, near Utrecht. He studied with Dahnien in Utrecht, with Joachim in Berlin (1871-74"!, then for a year and a half at the Brussels Conservatory. He was concert master at .Sondershausen in 1877,3! Hanover in 1881, with Brodsky at the Leipsic Gewandhaus (1882-89), and then he went to Dresden as court concert-master. New Songs and Ballads for TeacHers and Recital-givers i&'oprano Tenor April's Here Hv Landon Ronald My ain Folk By Laura Lemon Now sleeps the Crimson A Smile Landon Ronald Petal Roger Quilter Beloved A. Goring Thomas Light ot mine Eyes A. Woodforde-Finden In the Dawn Edward Elgar If I built a World for you L. Lehmann Three Encore Songs P. Bowie Little White Sun Cuthbert Wynne Baritone and Bass Sea hath its Pearls Ellen Cowdell Violet and the Rose A. L. Two Elizabethan Lyrics By H . Lane Wilson Indian River A. Woodforde-Finden Song My Captain Cyril Scott Soldier's Toast r. Airlie Dix Contralto Vagabond R. V. Williams Love of a Heart, that's True .\ A Breton Lullaby Bv Reginald Somerville . 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The list of his compositions includes: incidental music to Gozzi's "Turandot" (excerpts were played from manuscript at his concert in Berlin, October 21, 1905), a tone-poem for orchestra, a concerto for pianoforte, orchestra, and chorus, a concertstiick for pianoforte and orchestra, variations for 'cello and pianoforte, a violin concerto in D major, two suites for orchestra, two string quartets, two violin sonatas, a pianoforte sonata, pianoforte pieces (among them four Ballet Scenes), songs, and transcriptions for the pianoforte of pieces by Bach (chaconne, organ fugues, choral preludes, etc.), Beethoven, Gade, Liszt, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann. He has edited an edition of Bach's "Well-tempered Clavichord." Mr. Busoni played for the first time at a concert of the Boston Sym- phony Orchestra in Boston, November 14, 1891 (Beethoven's Con- certo No. 4, with cadenzas by Busoni). He played here at a Sym- phony Concert on April i, 1893 (Liszt's Concerto No. 2), and on January 27, 1894 (Weber's Concert Piece and Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody, ar- ranged by him for pianoforte and orchestra), and at a Symphony Concert on March 5, 1904 (Saint-Saeris's pianoforte Concerto, No.