Busoni has received a letter from Brodsky and passed on the contents to his protege. Busoni has been working on Egon [Petri] and thinks that he ought to be destined to a better fate than that of a piano teacher in Manchester. At the age of 30 he...
Busoni has received a poem by [R. L.] Stevenson which has pleased him. Busoni is quite familiar with him as a writer of prose but not as a poet. Busoni will not see the Brodskys for some time but will take them as valuable memories with him to A...
Busoni writes that he had had the best of intentions of spending more time with the Brodskys and thanks them for their friendly attentiveness towards him. He looks forward to the celebration for Grieg on 12 November. He will do his best with dev...
Busoni writes to Anna that he has been tired and suffering from overwork. Although he is ready for England on 18th March and firmly resolved to remaining there for 17 days, he was very grateful to Adolph for releasing him from his word and postpo...
Busoni has written, in German, on the mount: ‘To Adolph and Anna Brodsky in gratitude for the seldom-heeded spiritual stimulation and the warm friendship, with best regards and love, Ferruccio Busoni. January 1899.
Busoni is overjoyed that his wife Gerda gave birth to a son on the 1st of February. The event has created a little revolution in the house. On the previous day, the 4th of February, came the unexpected news that dear Novacek is no more. Busoni ...
This is a very warm letter to the Brodskys. Busoni has had several pangs of conscience at not writing after leaving them. Busoni loved Edinburgh and was certainly not disappointed. The score of his violin concerto has not yet been published an...