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The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner
Author(s): John Williamson
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: September 6, 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 328 pages
- ISBN-10: 0521008786
- ISBN-13: 9780521008785
Book Description
Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have concerned scholars over the past twenty years regarding Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). They provide an introduction to the composer’s life and works, covering such problematic areas as his relationship to Vienna; the numerous editions of his symphonies; performing styles; and his appropriation by the Nazis during the Third Reich. They also consider the extent to which his Catholicism shaped not just his religious music but his symphonies as well.
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Book Description
Sixteen essays by leading experts provide an introduction to Bruckner’s life and works in all genres.
About the Author
John Williamson is Reader in Music at the University of Liverpool. He is author of The Music of Hans Pfitzner (1992) and the Cambridge Music Handbook Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (1993).
