EB 2861 is printed in score form; two copies are needed for performance with 2 pianos.
Cadenza by the composer is inserted.
Early 20th Century. Study score. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB-5104-07. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-5104-07).
Item Number: BR.PB-5104-07
ISBN 979-0-004-20854-0. 6.5 x 9 in inches.
The three edifices are the 1st, 3rd and 5th movements, between which come the two ,living' ones; scherzo and tarantella; the first as the nature-play of a magic flower and a magic bird - the second represented by Vesuvius and cypresses. - Over the entrance the sun rises; a seal is fastened to the door of the end building; the winged being at the close is the nature-mysticism of Oehlenschlaeger's chorus. (Busoni to his wife, 21-22 July 1902)
The world premiere took place on 10 November with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the chorus of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche conducted by Karl Muck.
