Full Description
Bruckner Studies, first published in 1997, presents musicological and theoretical research on the life and music of Anton Bruckner. It is one of the most important English-language books on the composer since Robert Simpson's The Essence of Bruckner. The essays provide fresh biographical insights into his enigmatic personality, working procedures, and circle of students and friends; consider the fascinating history of the dissemination of his music during his lifetime and in this century, including its reception in Nazi Germany; and provide analytical perspectives on his musical style and its origins. The volume challenges the reader to reassess the man and his music in a fresh light, unencumbered by decades of special interest and propaganda which have coloured perceptions of Bruckner for more than a century.
Contents
List of plates; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I. Historical Studies: 1. An anatomy of change: Anton Bruckner's revisions to the Mass in F Minor Paul Hawkshaw; 2. A hidden personality: access to an 'inner biography' of Anton Bruckner Elisabeth Maier; 3. Bruckner and Viennese Wagnerism Margaret Notley; 4. The annexation of Anton Bruckner: Nazi revisionism and the politics of appropriation Bryan Gilliam; 5. 'Return to the pure sources': the ideology and text-critical legacy of the first Bruckner Gesamtausgabe Benjamin Marcus Korstvedt; 6. Bruckner and the Bayreuthians; or, Das Geheimnis der Form bei Anton Bruckner Stephen McClatchie; 7. Josef Schalk and the theory of harmony at the end of the nineteenth century Robert W. Wason; Part II. Analytical Studies: 8. The finale of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony and tragic reversed sonata form Timothy L. Jackson; 9. Some aspects of prolongation procedures in the Ninth Symphony (Scherzo and Adagio) Edward Laufer; 10. Bruckner's sonata deformations Warren Darcy; 11. Phrase rhythm in Bruckner's early orchestral Scherzi Joseph C. Kraus; Index.
