''Berceuse élégiaque'',
Op. 42 is an
orchestral work composed by
Ferruccio Busoni in 1909.
[Berceuse élégiaque."]
''The Oxford Dictionary of Music'', 2nd ed. rev. Ed. Michael Kennedy. '' Oxford Music Online''. Accessed 29 August 2011. Originally written for solo piano, to be added as the seventh piece in his 1907 collection ''
Elegies
An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, and in English literature usually a lament for the dead. However, according to ''The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy'', "for all of its pervasiveness ... the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill defined: sometime ...
'',
Busoni
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 f ...
adapted it for
orchestra
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
later the same year.
[ This orchestral version was sub-titled "Des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter" ("The man's lullaby at his mother's coffin").][ The first performance of ''Berceuse élégiaque'' was in ]New York City
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on February 21, 1911, and was conducted by Gustav Mahler.
The piece is dedicated: “In memoriam Anna Busoni, n. Weiss,
m. 3.Oct.MCMIX”
Recordings
*Schoenberg Ensemble conducted Reinbert de Leeuw, 1993, Koch Schwann, Mahler arranged Schoenberg and Busoni
*Piano version Ferrucio Busoni, Michele Campanella, Elegien (Nr 7. Berceuse) Indianisches Tagebuch, 1980, reissued by Warner 1991
References
1909 compositions
Compositions by Ferruccio Busoni
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