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The Wind and Wind-Chorus Music of Anton Bruckner
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Keith William Kinder
ISBN: 0-313-30834-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30834-5
160 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 1/30/2000
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £76.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This comprehensive study treats the wind works of Anton Bruckner as a complete genre and uses them to illustrate how the composer evolved in style throughout his career. A major nineteenth-century composer, organist, and church musician, Bruckner's compositional style changed dramatically in the early 1860s, dividing his career into two distinct parts. During his early career he immersed himself in the study of traditional musical principles including form, harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration. The second phase of his career, in which he composed the symphonies upon which much of his current reputation rests, was marked by his experimental approaches to harmony and tonality. Many of his early compositions exhibit landmarks of his later style. The wind instrument pieces incorporate the best aspects of both of Bruckner's styles and reflect the progress of his professional life.

Organized chronologically, the music is studied and classified within set time periods. Each wind work of a particular period is reviewed according to the historical circumstances contributing to its creation, its specific musical content, and its success as a musical work in relation to wind music and specifically to Bruckner's development. The analyses of Bruckner's compositions are enhanced by musical examples throughout the text.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    The First Small Steps of a Master--1841-45
    St. Florian--1845-55
    Linz I: The Sechter Hiatus 1856-61
    Linz II: "A Watchdog Unchained" 1861-68
    The E-minor Mass--WAB 27
    Vienna: "A Tonal Anti-Christ" 1868-96
    Striding Into Eternity
    Appendix A: The Apollo-Marsch--WAB 115
    Appendix B: Litanei--WAB 132
    Appendix C: Sources
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: KEITH WILLIAM KINDER is an Associate Professor of music at McMaster University, Hamilton-Ontario./e He received his doctoral degree in instrumental conducting from the University of Colorado.
LCC Class: 780
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