Bruckner's Fourth: The Biography of a Symphony

by Benjamin M. Korstvedt

Anton Bruckner's Fourth Symphony is one of the most beloved and frequently performed works in the orchestral repertoire. Despite this, a great deal about the work and its genesis has been either unknown, poorly understood, or starkly misrepresented. The work's extraordinary history is the source of much of this confusion. Bruckner worked on the Fourth over fifteen years before he finally published the score in 1889. During the process, he created...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197765661
• ISBN13: 9780197765661
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"