Josef Anton Bruckner

Synopsis

Austrian composer, organist, and teacher

• Born Ansfelden on September 4, 1824
• Received lessons from his father and Johann Baptist Weiss
• 1830s he showed a talent in organ playing
• 1837 moved to Ebelsberg
• Became a choirboy at the Augustinian Monastery
• 1841-55 was a schoolteacher
• St. Florian he played the Chrismann organ
• 1855 became cathedral organist in Linz
• Studied with Simon Sechter
• 1861 took an exam in Vienna. He impressed the judges with his improvisation skills and so was qualified as a harmony and counterpoint teacher.
• 1868 moved to Vienna as the new harmony and counterpoint teacher at the conservatory and became the new organist at the Hofkapelle.
• 1875-94 was a lecturer on harmony and counterpoint at the University of Vienna
• Gustav Mahler was one of his disciples
• He was a honored symphonist and organist
• Died in Vienna on October 11, 1896

1847-1890 he composed for the organ. He wrote Fugue, Postludes and Preludes. He also wrote Improvisationsskizze Bad Ischl and a Sketch for the Adagio of Symphony No. 9.

For details, see the Josef Anton Bruckner article on Wikipedia.

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Anton Bruckner's Prelude (or vorspiel) and Fugue for organ, performed by John Scott, at the Royal Albert Hall

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