Indian Fantasy

The Indian Fantasy (Indianische Fantasie), Op.

44 (BV 264), is a fantasy for piano and orchestra by Ferruccio Busoni.

Composed in 1913/14, it was first performed in Berlin in March 1914, with the composer as soloist.

[1] The piece is based on several melodies and rhythms from various American Indian tribes; Busoni had received them from American ethnomusicologist Natalie Curtis Burlin.

The fantasy describes the American prairie, and is in three movements: This article about a concerto is a stub.