
Anton Bruckner (Composer)
Born: 4th September 1824, Ansfelden, Austria
Died: 11th October 1896, Vienna, Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Josef Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and considerable length. Bruckner's compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies.
Unlike other musical radicals such as Richard Wagner and Hugo Wolf, Bruckner showed extreme humility before other musicians, Wagner in particular. This apparent dichotomy between Bruckner the Man and Bruckner the composer hampers efforts to describe his life in a way that gives a straightforward context for his music.
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Further Reading: Bruckner
Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner's Second and Eighth Symphonies
The Gewandhausorchester and Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner cycle with sublime, lyrical performances of the Second and Eighth Symphonies.
Recording of the Week,
Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester perform Bruckner
James enjoys magnificently sonorous performances of two symphonies by Anton Bruckner.
Popular Works: Bruckner
- Aequalis No. 1 for three trombones (11)
- Aequalis No. 2 for three trombones (11)
- Ave Maria (27)
- Ave Maria (1856), WAB 5 (18)
- Ave Maria (1861), WAB 6 (101)
- Christus factus est (24)
- Christus factus est, WAB 11 (52)
- Ecce sacerdos magnus (22)
- Erinnerung (8)
- Intermezzo for String Quintet in D minor (12)
- Inveni David, offertorium for male chorus & 4 trombones,WAB 19 (14)
- Locus iste, WAB 23 (88)
- Mass No. 1 in D Minor (11)
- Mass No. 2 in E minor (26)
- Mass No. 3 in F minor (28)
- Offertorium: Afferentur regi (20)
- Os justi meditabitur sapientiam (62)
- Overture in G minor (9)
- Pange lingua (24)
- Psalm 150, for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra (15)
- String Quartet in C minor, WAB111 (8)
- String Quintet in F major (26)
- Symphonies 0-9 (13)
- Symphonies 1-9 (38)
- Symphony No. 00 in F minor 'Study Symphony' (14)
- Symphony No. 0 in D minor 'Nullte' (28)
- Symphony No. 1 in C minor (81)
- Symphony No. 2 in C minor (81)
- Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony' (123)
- Symphony No. 4 in Eb Major 'Romantic' (238)
- Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (168)
- Symphony No. 6 in A major (125)
- Symphony No. 7 in E Major (228)
- Symphony No. 8 in C minor (213)
- Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (223)
- Tantum ergo in D major, WAB 42 (9)
- Te Deum in C major, WAB 45 (60)
- Tota pulchra es, antiphon, WAB 46 (31)
- Vexilla regis (26)
- Virga Jesse floruit (54)