Miguel J. Ramirez

List of Musical Examples
Note on Access to the Periodical Literature Cited
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Perceptions of Bruckner's Personality
Chapter 1. Bruckner's History: History's Bruckner
Of Candles and Flames
Of Platitudes and Psychograms
Of Biographies and Hagiographies

Chapter 2. A History of Controversies
The Transmission of Bruckner's Music
The IBG and the "Regensburg Walpurgis Night"

Part II: Viennese Reception of Bruckner's Music
Chapter 3. Early Reception, ca. 1873-1885
"A Sort of Dictatorship Over Public Opinion": Feuilletonism vs Music Criticism
"At the End of All Music": Early Works and The Second Symphony
"An Unforgettable, Heart-Wrenching Moment": The Third Symphony
"A Musical Civil War Broke Out": The Fourth Symphony and the F-Minor Mass
"Bruckner Can No Longer be Ignored": The Sixth Symphony and the String Quintet

Chapter 4. Mid Reception, ca. 1885-1892
"The Pinnacle of Symphonic Creation": The Seventh Symphony in Germany
"The Time Is Near": The Te Deum and the Seventh Symphony in Austria
"Malicious and Subjective Criticism": 1890 Performance of the Third Symphony
"Imbued with the Seal of Brilliance": Other Works Performed in the 1890s

Chapter 5. Late and Posthumous Reception, ca. 1892-1924
"A Total Victory of Light Over Darkness": The Eighth Symphony and the Late Reception
"Bruckner Is A Simple Being": Schenker's Reception of Bruckner
"Already Blessed with A Monument!": Posthumous Reception of Bruckner

Conclusion: Myths and Fallacies
Of Opponents and Enemies
Of Unbildung and Formlessness

Bibliography
Index