Symphony in F minor (Bruckner)

Symphony in F minor
by Anton Bruckner
A portrait of Anton Bruckner, c. 1860
KeyF minor
CatalogueWAB 99
Composed1863 (1863)
Published1973 (1973) (ed. Leopold Nowak)
Recorded1972 (1972) Elyakum Shapirra, London Symphony Orchestra
Movements4
Premiere
Date12 October 1924 (1924-10-12)
LocationKlosterneuburg
ConductorFranz Moissl

At the end of his study period in form and orchestration by Otto Kitzler, Anton Bruckner made on 7 January 1863 sketches for a Symphony in D minor, WAB add 244.[1]
Bruckner did not go on with this project, but composed later in the same year (between 15 February and 26 May) the Symphony in F minor, WAB 99.

Bruckner gave the score of the Symphony in F minor to his friend Cyrill Hynais, together with that of the Four Orchestral Pieces of 1862 and the Overture in G minor. The symphony, which was not played in Bruckner's lifetime, received its first full performance at Klosterneuburg on 12 October 1924.[2][3][4] It is available in an edition by Leopold Nowak, published in 1973.[5]

  1. ^ On 2 July 2022, Ricardo AlejandroLuna conducted the Bolton Symphony Orchestra at the world premiere of the 20 Sketches for the 1st movement of a symphony in D minor, WAB add 244. See: BRUCKNER inconnu et inachevé ? Découvrez et reconstruisez BRUCKNER !
  2. ^ Brown 2002, p. 151
  3. ^ Harten 1996, pp. 409–410.
  4. ^ Zwol 2012, pp. 671–672.
  5. ^ "Anton Bruckner – Symphony in F minor ('Studiensymphonie'; 1863)". www.mwv.at.