Foreward by Nina Svetlanova Preface: Grigory Kogan: His Life and Times Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Busoni's childhood and youth
1866-88 2. Finland and Moscow
1889-94 3. Berlin: Busoni's emergence as a great pianist 4. Busoni's technique: Piano orchestration
tone production 5. Busoni's repertoire: An anti-romantic approach 6. Busoni's interpretation of Beethoven
Liszt
and Chopin 7. Busoni's interpretations. Textural liberties. 8. Busoni's interpretations of Bach. Articulation. 9. Rhythm and dynamics 10. Busoni's recording of the Liszt's Rigoletto Paraphrase 11. Technical phrasing 12. Technical variants 13. Fingering
pedal 14. Compositions
transcriptions
editions
teaching
writings 15. Busoni's esthetics 16. Busoni's esthetics
continued 17. World War I. Operas. 18. Busoni's final years
1918-24 Conclusion Annotated Discography Notes Bibliography Translator's Bibliography Index