Popular anecdotes represent Bruckner as a visionary simpleton, his life dominated by music and religion, but this bizarre figure is also widely held to have produced some the most original music written in the second half of the 19th century. The reminiscences collected here offer insights into a complicated and sometimes tormented mind. While some are content to dismiss him as a gifted country bumpkin, others describe a lively intellect, a compulsive student, and a meticulous musical theorist.
- ISBN10 0571170943
- ISBN13 9780571170944
- Publish Date 1 January 2030 (first published 16 March 1998)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English