Fantasia contrappuntistica

Fantasia contrappuntistica
Solo piano piece by Ferruccio Busoni
The composer in 1906
CatalogueBV 256
Composed1910 (1910)
DedicationWilhelm Middelschulte, Richard Buhlig
Published1910 (1910): Leipzig
PublisherBreitkopf & Härtel
Duration25 minutes
ScoringSolo piano

Fantasia contrappuntistica (BV 256) is a solo piano piece composed by Ferruccio Busoni in 1910. Busoni created a number of versions of the work, including several for solo piano and one for two pianos. It has been arranged for organ (by Wilhelm Middelschulte, dedicatee of the work, whom Busoni praised as "Meister des Kontrapunktes") and for orchestra (by Frederick Stock) under the composer's supervision.

The work is in large part a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge. Conversely, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji's Opus clavicembalisticum appears to be a homage to Fantasia contrappuntistica.