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The Red Book of Anton Bruckner Eleven Symphonies A Guide to the Versions (The Bruckner Red Book) by William Carragan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Nothing engages most Bruckner lovers more than the different versions of e symphonies-and rightly so, for the changes and revisions Bruckner made in many of these works are truly fascinating. The profusion of versions can also present a puzzling, even mystifying picture to the interested listener, scholar or student. Not only are the musical facts of the case, so to speak, both intricate and subtle, but for much of the last century scholars and critics have, more often than not, discussed these matters in ways that often cast more shade than light. William Carragan, my great Bruckner friend and Vice President of the Bruckner Society, has written this study with the express intent of dispelling this state of confusion by the seemingly simple expedient of presenting a detailed, objective account of each symphony, whether it exists in only one version, as do the Sixth and the Seventh, or in multiple variant versions, as with the Third and Fourth. Upon reading this study, however, it will become immediately evident that this task is far from simple, especially since Professor Carragan approaches it with great perspicacity. He is not at all interested in offering easy, categorical ident

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Author
William Carragan
Publisher
Bruckner Society of America
Published
2020
Language
EN
ISBN
9781938911590
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Music, Arts
Rating
5 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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