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Anton Bruckner

1824 - 1896

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Joseph Anton Bruckner (; German: [ˈantoːn ˈbʁʊknɐ] ; 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets. The symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and considerable length. Bruckner's compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies. Unlike other musical radicals such as Richard Wagner and Hugo Wolf, Bruckner showed respect, even humility, before other famous musicians, Wagner in particular. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Bruckner is the 48th most popular composer (down from 35th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Austria (down from 27th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Composer.

Anton Bruckner is most famous for his symphonies, which are in a Romantic style.

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Among composers, Anton Bruckner ranks 48 out of 1,451. Before him are Antonio Salieri, Gaetano Donizetti, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Orlande de Lassus, Tomaso Albinoni, and Modest Mussorgsky. After him are Guido of Arezzo, Stefania Turkewich, Vincenzo Bellini, Arnold Schoenberg, Edward Elgar, and Georg Philipp Telemann.

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Among people born in 1824, Anton Bruckner ranks 4. Before him are William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Bedřich Smetana, and Alexandre Dumas fils. After him are Gustav Kirchhoff, Stonewall Jackson, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Maria Alexandrovna, Eugène Boudin, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Paul Broca, and Dayananda Saraswati. Among people deceased in 1896, Anton Bruckner ranks 4. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Clara Schumann, and Paul Verlaine. After him are August Kekulé, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Ivar Aasen, Frederic Leighton, Hippolyte Fizeau, William Morris, Otto Lilienthal, and John Everett Millais.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Anton Bruckner ranks 35 out of 1,424. Before him are Theodoric the Great (454), Lise Meitner (1878), Romy Schneider (1938), Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), and Johann Strauss I (1804). After him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Herbert von Karajan (1908), Egon Schiele (1890), and Konrad Lorenz (1903).

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Among COMPOSERS In Austria

Among composers born in Austria, Anton Bruckner ranks 6. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Joseph Haydn (1732), Franz Schubert (1797), Johann Strauss II (1825), and Johann Strauss I (1804). After him are Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Webern (1883), Alban Berg (1885), Carl Czerny (1791), Alma Mahler (1879), and Josef Strauss (1827).

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