The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner [Paperback]

Sixteen essays by leading experts provide an introduction to Bruckner's life and works in all genres.This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824 1896). Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have concerned scholars over the past twenty years. They provide an introduction to Bruckner's life and works in all genres, 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 also his symphonies.This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824 1896). Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have concerned scholars over the past twenty years. They provide an introduction to Bruckner's life and works in all genres, 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 also his symphonies.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.Chronology; Part I. Background: 1. Introduction: a Catholic composer in the age of Bismarck John Williamson; 2. Musical life in Upper Austria in the mid-nineteenth century Andrea Harrandt; 3. Bruckner in Vienna Andrea HarlÓ'