The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner

This Companion provides an overview of the composer Anton Bruckner (1824 1896). Sixteen essays by leading experts introduce the lay reader to issues that have concerned scholars over the past twenty years. They provide an introduction to Bruckner's life and works in all genres, 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 also his symphonies.