Busoni recorded this draft, which is presented to the musician in a reverent and friendly manner by Rainer Maria Rilke, in 1906. It contains the bold notes of a creative artist who has become famous as a virtuoso pianist, an unconventional composer, and a conductor of modern music. This edition, which includes annotations by Arnold Schönberg, provides direct insight into a period of music history. The draft is a piece of genuine utopia. It is unparalleled in its brevity, with which the vision of a more perfect music is sketched out. H. H. Stuckenschmidt.