The Journey from Wagner to Brahms: Performance Markings and Orchestration in the 1873 and 1889 Scores of Bruckner's Third Symphony Público
Reischmann, Mary Kate (2010)
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Abstract
Abstract
The Journey from Wagner to Brahms: Performance Markings and
Orchestration in the
1873 and 1889 Scores of Bruckner's Third Symphony
By Mary Kate Reischmann
Scholars have long considered Anton Bruckner's third symphony to be
one of the best
representative examples of the "Bruckner Problem", the term given
to the complications
presented by the numerous versions in existence of each of
Bruckner's works, many of
which contradict one another. The "Problem" has been consistently
applied to Bruckner's
Third, particularly in light of the poor reception of the first
version of the work printed in
1873. There has been argument that Bruckner's first edition was
implicitly Wagnerian
and his subsequent revisions leaned more towards the works of
Brahms, as scholars have
postulated that Bruckner made these revisions in order to garner
support by revising his
works to emulate those of critic-darling Brahms. However, analysis
of the 1873 and 1889
scores reveals that the characteristics of the 1873 score are
maintained in the 1889 score,
masked primarily by the overt Brahmsian orchestration and
performance markings. I
purport that audiences would receive the 1873 and 1889 versions
respectively as
Wagnerian and Brahmsian because of this trend, and not because of a
sudden shift in
symphonic influence. Thus, the changes made to the Third symphony
are effectively
limited to orchestration rather than structure, suggesting that
Bruckner attempted to
counteract negative critical response without enacting fundamental
changes to the work.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chapter I:
Introduction……………………………………………………………………..1
Chapter II: Survey and Context of
Scholarship………………………………11
Chapter III: Biographical
Context……………………………………………………20
Chapter IV:
Analysis…………………………………………………………………….....32
Chapter V:
Conclusions…………………………………………………………………...55
Chapter VI:
References…………………………………………………………………...57
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