Piano Concerto (Busoni)
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The Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39, by Ferruccio Busoni, is one of the largest works ever written in the genre. Completed and premiered in 1904, it is about 70 minutes long and laid out in five mov
The composer in 1905, soon after completing the concerto
Ferruccio Busoni at the piano.
Adam Oehlenschläger as a young man
Adam Oehlenschläger
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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger was a Danish poet and playwright. He introduced romanticism into Danish literature. He wrote the lyrics to the song Der er et yndigt land, which is the national anthem of D
Piano Concerto (Busoni)
…long and laid out in five movements played without a break; in the final movement an invisible men's chorus sings words from the verse-drama Aladdin by Adam Oehlenschläger. Busoni intended to dedicate the concerto to his friend William Dayas, but he died in 1903. The first performance took place in the Beethoven-Saal…
Portrait of Adam Oehlenschläger by Christian Albrecht Jensen (1825)
Portrait of Oehlenschläger by Friedrich Carl Gröger
Adam Oehlenschläger statue in front of the Royal Theater, Copenhagen, by H. W. Bissen, 1861
Statue of Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger in Frederiksberg Gardens (Copenhagen)