The Essence of Bruckner: An Essay Towards the Understanding of His Music"It has taken a strangely long time for the music of Anton Bruckner to become accepted. But during the 1950s and 1960s it achieved a real break-through--nearly a century after it was written, and long after it was widely appreciated on the Continent. Now at last Bruckner's genius is being recognized, and scarcely a month goes by without the issue of some new recording of his work. This thorough and authoritative analysis of his music by a very eminent modern composer, first appeared in 1967, and now, ten years later, still remains the definitive work."--Dust jacket. |
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Adagio allegro bass beautiful Beethoven's beginning Brahms brass Bruckner's music chorale chord classical climax coda composer counterpoint counterstatement cresc crescendo D minor dominant of F drum E major Eighth exposition F major F minor F sharp fact Fifth figure Finale flat bar flat major flat minor fortissimo four-bar Franz Schalk G flat German sixth Haas harmony heard home dominant horns idea impressive inversion of Ex kind last movement Leopold Nowak letter Linz main theme major at bar major bar major third melody minor bar minor mass modulations momentum move mysterious natural Ninth Symphony oboe opening orchestra original ostinato passage perhaps phrase pizzicato recapitulation restatement revision rhythm of Ex rises Schalk Scherzo score second group sense Seventh Symphony sharp minor slow movement soft sonata form sound strings subdominant tempo tension thematic third tion tonal tonic Tovey Trio trumpet violins Wagner whole woodwind