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BUSONI IN BERLIN WINS AN OVATION
Marie Sloss, An American Pianist
Comes to the Front in
German Capital
BERLIN, GERMANY, Feb. 10. - Ferruccio Busoni played his second piano recital in the Beethoven Saal last Tuesday evening. The program finished up the wonderful Liszt Annees de Pelerinage (the first half of which he played in his first recital January 6). In addition, he gave a brilliant performance of the Liszt H Moll Sonata (in one movement). The Annees de Pelerinage though written over fifty years ago are remarkable for their modern tendencies, and Busoni played them in true Liszt style. The proverbial Busoni ovation in Berlin was not only duplicated, but intensified. After prolonged applause the artist, evidently with a grudge, played a Chopin Polonaise with a Busoni arrangement of the finale. After more applause and showers of flowers, the stage hand closed and locked the piano and the crowd dispersed. Busoni leaves immediately for Paris for a series of appearances in the French capitol.
