This portrait of the Italian composer, pianist, teacher and musical theorist Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) was painted by Umberto Boccioni in 1916. It was the artist’s final work.
History has largely treated Busoni with indifference; most of the few classical musicians who’ve heard of him are pianists. Yet he was among the most important musical figures o…
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