Müry Salzmann Anton Bruckner & Sankt Florian

The public's attention is mostly directed towards the second half of Anton Bruckner's life, focusing on the grand masses and symphonies from his time in Linz and Vienna. Therefore, this volume comprehensively addresses the early years of the composer for the first time. Internationally renowned researchers uncover a wealth of insights from the St. Florian world, where the thirteen-year-old Bruckner arrives as a choirboy after the early death of his father. Contrary to popular belief, the monastery is a center of enlightened culture and science, significantly shaping Bruckner's later life. The book reveals his experiences as a teacher and organist, his conflicted development as a musician, his compositional studies, and early compositions, as well as numerous vacations at the monastery. Ultimately, it leads readers to his tomb. This volume represents the latest state of research, complemented by extremely valuable visual material: contemporary views of the locations, photographs of Bruckner's contemporaries, autographed scores and letters by Bruckner, notebooks from his student and teaching days, and many other significant documents from the monastery archive. All in all, it is an indispensable book for the countless people interested in Anton Bruckner and his time.