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- ' ~ .,~.,. -•· -..::~-~~. ·-· ·...,,-., ,-~,-·-,( -,-..,,~• T HE first authoritative book in English on Anton Bruckner, this full-length bi ography will .be welcomed by the ever increasing friends of the Austrian composer, who is granted today a place in the musical hierarchy which began with Haydn and ended with Brahms. Needless to say this work is a labor of love. From the beginning of his career as a conductor and teacher in Germany and Austria, Werner Wolff has steadily endeavored to create a wider public for Anton Bruckner. As a child he was fortunate enough to meet Bruckner in person at his parents' home, and he was deeply impressed. Bruckner's appearance was unforgettable. He had kept his country ways and habitually wore clothing made in his home village. In fact, he had all the earmarks of a naive str'anger lost in a great metropolis. But he was more than a peculiar sight; he was a lonely man. However, jn the solitude in which he lived in Vienna, his music grew to sublime heights. Slowly his genius became apparent, and his work gained rhe recognition it deserves. IB.ruckner's idol was Richard Wagner, and !ltr..ause / his adulation of the older composer • was , made to suffer by the partisans of .3rahms, who declared him a mere Wagner fol lower. After the First World War, however, his works, so thoroughly original, won him world acclaim. Bruckner was a devout Catholic, and, faithful to his religion, he remained celibate although strongly attracted to women. His life abounded with innocent little romantic episodes. And his peculiarities furnished innumerable charming anecdotes. . . . A rich, intimate biography by a man whose knowledse and love of the com poser's work, equips hi.in ideally for the task of bringing Bruckner, the man, to the American) people: NOV _1 11996 'THE AUTHOR Dr. Werner Wolff was born in Berlin, Ger-! many and educated at the University of Berlin. I He has directed the famous orchestras and choirs of Central Europe, Italy, Spain and Hol land-conducted at the Royal National Theatre in Prague, and the Hamburg Opera House, and arranged regular orchestra evenings with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for several years. Among his pupils in musical theory and history are some of the world's outstanding musicians. He is now in America, and is the Head of the Music Department at Tennessee W~sleyan Col lege. He has applied for citizenship here. .. ~ +"'; , ':i, .ec~: -~:,.;; " I Anton Bruckner in the 188o's ANTON BRUCl{NER RUSTIC GENIUS BY WERNER WOLFF HEAD OF MUSIC DEPARTMENT TENN~SSEE WESLEYAN COLLEGE With Music and Illustrations Introduction by WALTER DAMROSCH NEW YORK· E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC. I 9 4 2 Copyright, 19,p By E. P. Duttun rb Co., Inc. Printed in the U. SA. FIRSTEDmON All rights reserved - m part of this book may be repro duced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by ar eviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper or radio broadcast. S. A. JACOBS, Illl!! GOLDEN EAGLE PRESS, MOUNT VERIION, N. Y. DEDICATION TO THAT DISTINGUISHED FOUNDATION, AND GENEROUS HELPER OF THE AMERICAN PROFESSOR, THE OBERLAENDER TRUST, PHILADECPHIA, PA. WITHOUT WHOSE ASSISTANCE THIS BOOK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN "WRITTEN
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