Concerto for Piano and String Quartet (Busoni)

Concerto for Piano and String Quartet
by Ferruccio Busoni
The composer in 1877
Other nameConcerto for Piano and Strings
KeyD minor
CatalogueBV 80
Opus17
Composed1878 (1878): Graz
Published1987 (1987): Wiesbaden
Movements4

Ferruccio Busoni composed his Concerto for Piano and String Quartet in D minor, Op. 17, BV 80, in 1878, at the age of twelve. The original title was Concerto per piano-forte con accompagnamento di quartetto ad arco, Op. 17. Conceived for string quartet, the piano can also be accompanied by a string orchestra as Concerto for Piano and Strings, the title under which it was published in 1987.