Anton Bruckner's path to becoming a symphonic composer
532 pages
(Text volume: 386 pages with many musical examples
Appendix: 148 pages with transcriptions from the Kitzler study book)
On the basis of the Kitzler study book, which was only published in 2014, Rudolf Innig presents a detailed analysis of Anton Bruckner's early symphonic works for the first time. In musical life and in Bruckner literature, they have so far received little attention and are underestimated as study works.
The author, known for his numerous CD recordings, proves that the essential characteristics of Bruckner's symphonies are already pronounced in his first symphony in F minor. The quality of his music can be demonstrated here just as is the proverbial case with the symphonies of Johannes Brahms.
Bruckner's first symphonic works are not youthful works, he composed them at the age of 39, when he was already past his middle age.
The analyzes of the symphonic works are preceded by four introductory chapters:
on Bruckner's earlier compositions (mostly sacred music), which make up more than half of his entire output,
to the music-theoretical works that Bruckner knew and which form the intellectual background of his music, so to speak,
on his working techniques and the question of the order in which the various working steps were taken in order to create his symphonic compositions, and finally
on Anton Bruckner as an organist with informative details about his teaching activities at the Vienna Conservatory and his improvisation sketches that have survived.
532 pages (Text volume: 386 pages with many musical examples
Appendix: 148 pages with transcriptions from the Kitzler study book)
15X29cm, Cardboard binding with thread sealing