Anton Bruckner - Floros Constantin
Anton Bruckner - Floros Constantin While unappreciated and controversial during most of his life, Anton Bruckner is today regarded as the greatest symphonist between Beethoven and Gustav Mahler - in…
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Anton Bruckner - Floros Constantin
While unappreciated and controversial during most of his life, Anton Bruckner is today regarded as the greatest symphonist between Beethoven and Gustav Mahler - in terms of originality, boldness and monumentality of his music. No less a figure than Gustav Mahler coined the aper u about Bruckner being a simpleton - half genius, half imbecile. The image of Bruckner the man, however, is still extreme instance of the tenacious power of prejudice.
His thesis in this study is that contrary to what has hitherto been asserted, there is an intimate relation between Bruckner's sacred music and his symphonies from multiple perspectives: biographical data, sources and influences, the psychology of creation, musical structure, contemporary testimony and reception history. The author is out to correct that misperception. Additional chapters assess important Bruckner recordings and interpreters and