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Anton BRUCKNER

4 September 1824 - 11 October 1896 (age 72)

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A late starter, Bruckner only started composing seriously at 37, well past the age that Mozart died. He is best known for is symphonies, of which he composed nine.

Family

Born: Ansfelden, nr Linz, Austria 4 September 1824
Father: Anton, village schoolteacher and organist
Mother: Therese Helm (my namesake! but no relation)
Siblings: eldest of 11 children
Partners: none
Children: none

Works

Worked as a teacher, organist and composer.

Best known works:

9 Symphonies
Masses
Motets
Choral works

Quotes

- "They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?"

- "Symphonic boaconstrictors" Brahms on Bruckner's symphonies

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