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KNYT  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries.  \nPublished in the United States of America by Oxford University Press  \n198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America.  \n© Oxford University Press 2023  \nThe publisher gratefully acknowledges assistance from the General Fund of the American Musicological Society, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the  \nAndrew W. Mellon Foundation.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above.  \nYou must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any  \nacquirer.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Knyt, Erinn E., author.  \nTitle: Ferruccio Busoni as architect of sound / Erinn E. Knyt.  \nDescription: [1.] | New York : Oxford University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nIdentifiers: LCCN 2022040686 (print) | LCCN 2022040687 (ebook) | ISBN 9780197625491 (hardback) | ISBN 9780197625514 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866–1924—Criticism and interpretation. | Music—20th century—History and criticism. | Music and architecture.  \nClassification: LCC ML410. B98 K593 2023 (print) | LCC ML410 .B98 (ebook) | DDC 780.92—dc23/eng/20220823 LC record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022040686](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022040686)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022040686)LC ebook record available at [https://lccn.loc.gov/2022040687](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022040687)[ ](https://lccn.loc.gov/2022040687)DOI: 10. 1093/oso/9780197625491 .001.0001  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor My Father  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nList of Figures, Examples, and Tables  \nAcknowledgments  \nIntroduction: Ferruccio Busoni and Architecture  \n1. The Cathedral of the Future and Young Classicality  \n2. Busoni’s Architectural Structures  \n3. The Circle of Sound  \n4. Busoni’s Liquid Architecture  \n5. Beyond Busoni: Building Music in the Twentieth Century  \nSelected Bibliography  \nIndex  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nList of Figures, Examples, and Tables  \nFigures  \n1.1. Busoni, sketch of a cathedral on the envelope from a letter by Max Reger of September 6, 1895, to Busoni  \n1.2. Busoni, list of architecture books in Busoni’s Zurich book collection 1.3. Busoni, diagram related to the formal structure of the Fugue in C  \nMajor from J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, book I  \n1.4. Photo of Ferruccio Busoni with Frederick August Stock, Wilhelm Middelschulte, and Georg Hütter, 1911  \n1.5. Photo of Henry van de Velde’s Bloemenwerf House, c. 1895  \n1.6. Program from the Weimar Bauhaus Week, August 18, 1923  \n2.1. Van de Velde’s Weimar-Haus Hohe Pappeln. View from the south. Bildarchiv Foto Marburg. Photographer unknown. Photograph from  \nc. 1915 to 1917  \n2.2. Image of the Victoria-Luis-Platz on a postcard from 1908  \n2.3. Busoni, sketchbook, plans for the Piano Concerto in C Major, BV  \n247, indicating borrowings from Sigune, BV 231  \n2.4. Busoni’s drawing depicting the structure of the Piano Concerto, enhanced by Heinrich Vogeler  \n2.5. Busoni, diagram of the formal structure of Busoni’s Grosse Fuge: Kontrapunktische Fantasie über","cbCaiozgB9eu6OIC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiozgB9eu6OIC","pdf",35919333,368,"English","# Introduction: Ferruccio Busoni and Architecture\n# The Cathedral of the Future and Young Classicality\n# Busoni’s Architectural Structures\n# The Circle of Sound\n# Busoni’s Liquid Architecture\n# Beyond Busoni: Building Music in the Twentieth Century\n# Selected Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What central idea does the book use to interpret Busoni’s music?\",\"answer\":\"It frames Busoni as an “architect of sound,” emphasizing musical structure, spatial thinking, and design-like construction rather than treating music only as time-based expression.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the book organized to develop its argument?\",\"answer\":\"It moves from an introduction to thematic chapters: future cathedral and classicality, architectural structures, the circle of sound, liquid architecture, and then the influence beyond Busoni.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the book include scholarly support such as references and an index?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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