Ferruccio, Empoli bei Florenz, 1.4.1866, +Berlin 27.7.1924, italien. Komponist und Pianist; v.a. Klaviermusik, auch Opern (u.a. 'Turandot', 1917).
(Dante Benvenuto) (1866-1924) Italian pianist, composer, and music critic. Much of his music was for the piano, but he also composed several operas including Doktor Faust, completed by Philipp Jarnach after his death. An apostle of Futurism, he encouraged the French composer Edgard Varčse.