Visual and Performing Arts
Defining the “Problem”: The Development of Postwar Attitudes toward Bruckner Versions
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Concern with the "Bruckner problem" was one of the most important elements in the scholarly and popular reception of Bruckner's symphonies in the second half of the twentieth century. The conventional position was to accept only the "original versions" as published by modern editors, while dismissing as corrupt the versions published during the composer's lifetime. This view of the Bruckner versions was forged by German-speaking scholars in the 1930s, and cultivated by English-speaking scholars and critics in the postwar era. Until now, the pivotal process by which this view came to be embraced has been largely overlooked, but is worthy of examination to show how it has shaped the appreciation of Bruckner's symphonies in the English-speaking world. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Publication Title
Journal of Musicological Research
Publication Date
2013
Volume
32
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
27
ISSN
0141-1896
DOI
10.1080/01411896.2013.752193
Keywords
Anton Bruckner, composers
Repository Citation
Korstvedt, Benjamin, "Defining the “Problem”: The Development of Postwar Attitudes toward Bruckner Versions" (2013). Visual and Performing Arts. 13.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_visual_performing_arts/13
