Americans grow up on the Lone Ranger, on Superman and his fortress of Solitude. Israelis grow up with the “hevre,” the gang.

The ubiquity of these popular festive tunes makes it easy to forget that some of our favorite modern-day Christmas songs are centuries old.

Ferruccio Busoni, who died 100 years ago, was a globe-trotting, forward-thinking composer and teacher with a message of timelessness in music.