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Josef 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 (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.
Apr 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 measure.
- Mark Cartwright
Learn about the life and music of Anton Bruckner, one of the all-time great symphonists. Discover his spiritual journey, his struggles with insecurity and his legacy of epic and uplifting scores.
Jan 17, 2024 · The article celebrates the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth and praises his symphonies as the greatest after Beethoven. It also challenges the myths and misconceptions about his life, personality and spirituality, and reviews his most important conductors.
The 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-minor ...
Anton 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 ...
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