Anton Bruckner - Wikipedia
WebJosef Anton Bruckner ( German: [ˈantoːn ˈbʁʊknɐ] ⓘ; 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets.
Anton Bruckner | Austrian Composer & Romantic Symphony Writer
WebAnton Bruckner (born Sept. 4, 1824, Ansfelden, Austria—died Oct. 11, 1896, Vienna) was an Austrian composer of a number of highly original and monumental symphonies. He was also an organist and teacher who composed much sacred and secular choral music.
Anton Bruckner - World History Encyclopedia
WebApr 19, 2024 · Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was an Austrian composer, most famous for his nine grand symphonies and his church music. Never quite gaining full recognition for his work until he was in his sixties, Bruckner's music, with its strong spiritual emphasis, continues to divide the music community, creating admirers and detractors in equal …
Sex, death and dissonance: the strange, obsessive world of Anton Bruckner
WebTue 1 Apr 2014 13.00 EDT. A credulous yokel who propositioned girls half his age. A death-obsessed ghoul who kept a photo of his mother's corpse. A cranky, backwards-looking obsessive. The composer...
Anton Bruckner – Austrian Composer of the 19th Century
WebAnton Bruckner, the Music Virtuoso of the 19th Century. Anton Bruckner is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of his time. Yet, during his lifetime, his musical works were rather ambivalently received. …
Anton Bruckner: A Life - Classic FM
WebGuides. Anton Bruckner: A Life. Few would seriously dispute that Anton Bruckner was one of the all-time great symphonists. Indeed, his many admirers would passionately claim that in his scores the symphonic ideal reached its apex.
Anton Bruckner on his 200th birthday: A late bloomer and …
WebZaragoza - Jan 17, 2024 - 17:33 EST. Anton Bruckner (Ansfelden, 1824–Vienna, 1896) was the greatest symphonist after Beethoven, Herbert Blomstedt boldly states in his foreword to Felix...
Anton Bruckner summary | Britannica
WebAnton Bruckner, (born Sept. 4, 1824, Ansfelden, Austria—died Oct. 11, 1896, Vienna), Austrian composer. Son of a rural schoolmaster who died in Anton’s youth, he was taken into a monastery as a choirboy and there learned to play the organ. Greatly gifted, he became organist at Linz Cathedral in 1855; throughout his composing career, his ...
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) - Mahler Foundation
WebJan 6, 2015 · Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, 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.
Symphonies by Anton Bruckner - Wikipedia
WebThe Austrian composer Anton Bruckner composed eleven symphonies, the first, the Symphony in F minor in 1863, the last, the unfinished Ninth symphony from 1893 to 1896. Bruckner's F-minor symphony of 1863 was initially designated Symphony No. 1, and, in a letter to his friend Rudolf Weinwurm dated 29 January 1865, Bruckner described the C …
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