Bruckner's Symphonies : Analysis, Reception and Cultural Politics
Editorial Reviews
Review
'Julian Horton has painstakingly explored Bruckner's symphonic output from assorted perspectives - historical, political and psychobiographical. The result is a fascinating reassessment of a unique musical universe. Horton's conclusions - that Bruckner's symphonies embody the conflicts between subjectivity and faith, artifice and innovation, bourgeois secularity and religious authority - are stimulatingly controversial. This is an important and provocative piece of scholarship.' Link
'Horton's comprehensive grasp contrasts sharply with the dismissive, patronising or misguided comments of many previous writers' Classical Music
'This is an impressive book and at times an inspiring one.' The Bruckner Journal
Book Description
Despite significant advances in Bruckner scholarship, many problems persist. Although the relationship between Bruckner's music, post-Wagnerian ideology and, ultimately, Nazism has been carefully reconstructed, questions of how such matters should condition our responses to the music remain unaddressed. This important study isolates problematic issues of interpretation, analysis, reception, and historical location, and offers potential solutions through case studies of individual works.
Bruckner's Symphonies : Analysis, Reception and Cultural Politics
Bruckner's Symphonies : Analysis, Reception and Cultural Politics,Julian Horton,Cambridge University Press,0521823544,1824-1896,Analysis, appreciation,Bruckner, Anton,,Criticism and interpretation,General,Genres & Styles - Classical,Music,Symphonies,Composers & musicians,Music / General,Orchestras,Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
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