Anton Bruckner
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Anton Bruckner, an Austrian composer
His symphonies, while written in the classic form and for the orchestra, were influenced by Richard Wagner and were typically quite grandiose, elaborate and lengthy. Bruckner was faced with the problem of where the symphony could proceed after Wagner and he devised what many regard as a sublime and elegant solution to that problem.
Bruckner was a Catholic and an organist, and he also wrote church music including several masses and a Te Deum in C major for soprano, chorus, orchestra and organ.
Te Deum
"I will present to God the score of my Te Deum, and He will be judge me mercifully."
- Anton Bruckner, attributed
Bruckner Statue in the City Park, Vienna, Austria
The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner (Cambridge Companions to Music)
The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner (Cambridge Companions to Music)
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Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have concerned scholars over the past twenty years regarding Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). They provide an introduction to the composer's life and works, covering such problematic areas as his relationship to Vienna; the numerous editions of his symphonies; performing styles; and his appropriation by the Nazis during the Third Reich. They also consider the extent to which his Catholicism shaped not just his religious music but his symphonies as well.
Anton Bruckner Music on CD
Thanks... with an Organ
"I cannot find the words to thank you as I would wish, but if there were an organ here, I could thank you.
-- Anton Bruckner, 1891
The Organ at Saint Florian Abbey which Bruckner Loved to Play
Program Notes on Famous Anton Bruckner Works
- Symphony No. 2, in C Minor (Bruckner)
- The first movement if Brückner's Second Symphony is in the ordinary sonata form, opening with a tremolo of violins and violas, accompanying the introduction and the first theme which is given out by the cellos, with responses from the horns...
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL NOTES ON THIS WORK - Symphony No. 4, in E Flat ("Romantic") (Bruckner)
- The Fourth of Brückner's symphonies was first produced in Vienna in 1881 and was performed for the first time in America by the Theodore Thomas Orchestral in Chicago, January 22, 1897. Like all of this composer's symphonies, it is so elaborately constructed and full of musical complications...
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL NOTES ON THIS WORK - Symphony No. 7, in E Major (Bruckner)
- Brückner's Seventh Symphony was first performed in Leipzig, December 30, 1884, and was played for the first time in America in New York, July 29, 1886, under Theodore Thomas' direction. The opening theme of the first movement is stated by the cellos, supported by the violas and clarinets...
CLICK ON ABOVE LINK TO READ FULL NOTES ON THIS WORK - Symphony No. 9, in D Minor ("Unfinished") (Bruckner)
- Brückner's Ninth and last Symphony was written 1891-1894, and was first heard in Vienna, February 11, 1894. Its first performance in America was given at Chicago, February 19, 1904 by the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Brückner had designed closing the symphony with a choral movement in the manner of Beethoven's Ninth, but his death intervened and left the work unfinished...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
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'What [this book] does reveal is enough to keep Bruckner-enthusiasts agonising and arguing for decades.' - BBC Music Magazine
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MaryStuart
Dec 6, 2011 @ 5:42 pm | delete
- I really love Bruckner's symphonies. They are all magnificent creations. (It's hard to pick a favorite, but the 8th is definitely one of them!)
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