The wind and wind-chorus music of Anton Bruckner
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.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xi, 145 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780313308345, 0313308349
1011754077
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
A study of the composer's use of wind instruments in non-orchestral contexts, chiefly in vocal works employing accompanying wind instruments