Music for Souls Purified in the Fire
His simple, solid, and genuine faith defined his music.
Above: the “Bruckner Organ” in Sankt Florian. On September 4, 1824, Anton Bruckner, a composer deeply influenced by the Catholic faith and exhibiting a mysticism reminiscent of great medieval thinkers, was born. His language found expression through the late 19th-century symphonic orchestra. Hailing from a modest peasant background in Austria, Bruckner’s musical journey began at the…