Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) was a pianist, a composer, and an educationalist in the late nineteenth century. Due to his identity as a pianist as well as a composer, most of his works are for the piano. In addition, He was particularly well-known for his arrangement of other composers’ works, which are held in higher regard than his original works.

The purpose of this thesis is to study the interpretation of Busoni’s “Chaconne in D Minor”. He composed this piece in the U.S. in 1891 by arranging Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685-1750) “Chaconne” of “Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004”, which was composed during Bach’s Coethen Years (1720-1723) for the pianist Eugen d’ Albert (1864-1932). Apart from following Bach’s original version, Busoni added other elements with a romantic style to this piece for demonstrating the features and techniques of the piano. His arranging version is the most popular one compared to any other versions.

This thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is the introduction, my motivation toward this research, the range of this study, and research methods. The second chapter introduces Busoni’s life and music style. The third chapter is the analysis of Busoni’s “Chaconne in D Minor”. The fourth chapter is my interpretation of Busoni’s “Chaconne in D Minor”. The fifth chapter is the summary of the whole thesis and the conclusion of the contents discussed in the previous four chapters.