tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post7014188230100836317..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Sibelius and BusoniBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-1310690862467899852017-10-08T08:42:48.124-05:002017-10-08T08:42:48.124-05:00The interesting question is, what causes works lik...The interesting question is, what causes works like the one you mention to move in or out of the repertory or canon? In the latter case, I suppose it is the efforts of generations of scholars. The revival of Haydn is largely due to that. What often moves particular composers or compositions into the repertory seems to be the efforts of a few performers. But often these efforts fail. John Ogden tried to get Busoni more accepted on concert programs, but it seems he failed as other pianists have not taken up the torch.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-81816553719930177612017-10-07T17:48:12.476-05:002017-10-07T17:48:12.476-05:00Check out Busoni's "Carmen Fantasy" ...Check out Busoni's "Carmen Fantasy" (a.k.a. Sonatina #6) for piano. It's neither in the canon nor the repertory but deserves a place in both: in the former for being a brainy re-imagining of Bizet's immortal tunes, and in the latter for basically the same reason.Genenoreply@blogger.com