“They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not… How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?” Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Despite facing a lot of opposition due to his link with Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner proved to be one of the greatest symphonic composers of the 19th century. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all his magnificent works today!
Anton Bruckner was born in a suburb of Linz, Austria, where his father worked as a teacher. From an early age, Anton showed great musical talent, and by the time he finished school, he was already a highly accomplished organist. In 1837, Anton’s father died, and he was sent way to be a chorister at the Augustinian Monastery of St. Florian. Bruckner was impressed by the excellent, freshly restored organ in the monastery, and often played during services.
In 1841, Bruckner’s mother sent him to Linz to study to be a teacher, and he graduated with excellent grades. In the following years, he struggled with desolate living conditions in various rural schools. Fortunately, in 1845, he was able to return to St. Florian, where he worked as a teacher and organist for the ten years.
From 1855, Bruckner began studying, mainly remotely by post, with some of the leading musicians in Vienna, particularly with Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler. He continued his studies well until the age of 40, and it was at this age, that he began to write his great sacred and symphonic works.
In 1868, Bruckner accepted a position as professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatoire, and from 1875 he taught at the University of Vienna. However, as an strong supporter of Richard Wagner, Bruckner’s life in Vienna was anything but easy, and he even had to endure physical assaults because of his musical associations. It wasn’t until the age of 60, after the world premiere of his seventh symphony, that he made a name for himself as a composer. He was already very successful as an organist and improviser, and he gave many concerts in France, and on the new organ in the Royal Albert Hall, and Crystal Palace in London. Anton Bruckner is buried in the crypt of St. Florian, directly under his beloved organ.
Bruckner’s strong beliefs, and his calling as an organist, led to the solemn compositional style that characterises his music. In his symphonies, Bruckner draws on the instrumental abundance, and pathos of his role models Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, and the modern symphonic style of Gustav Mahler. He uses a is a lot of chromaticism, but also folk themes, and romantic motifs. In addition to the nine symphonies, Bruckner composed many sacred works, some of which are now part of the core repertoire for choirs all around the world. His most frequently performed sacred works include Bruckner’s Requiem, Bruckner’s Te Deum or Bruckner’s Motets. The Symphonies by Anton Bruckner are unique, because they are the only symphonies that can also be performed in the church.
WAB 17 (1848)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 4183
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 2181
aus: "Vier Tantum ergo" (1. Fassung 1846)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 3055
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730716
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 476396
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 476394
Bearbeitung für Männerchor
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 554205
Bearbeitung für Männerchor
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 556876
WAB 11
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 613097
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 476397
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 605982
Version für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476399
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 476398
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 476393
Postcard
Item no.: 487346
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340315
Totenlied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340395
aus: Messe für den Gründonnerstag
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340174
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340155
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1586434
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340284
Antiphon
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1586438
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1586426
Graduale zum Kirchweihfest
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340146
Graduale zum Gründonnerstag
WAB 11
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1871
Hymnus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1586429
Totenlied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1586431
Zum heiligen Schutzengel (Hymnus)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1586433
GIA Choral Series
for: SAATTBB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153911
Anspruchsvollere Begräbnismotette 1854in kontrapunktisch angereichertem Satz.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235622
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613341
in c
for: Posaunen (3) (Orgel)
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Item no.: 1586454
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613350
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613348
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 1613352
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613351
in c
for: Posaunen (3) (Orgel)
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Item no.: 1586455
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613343
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613342
Out on the Mount of Olives
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 1153085
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 235616
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 235615
in der Frühfassung (1835–37) und Spätfassung (1891)
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), [Orgel]
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Item no.: 1655409
Zum heiligen Schutzengel (Hymnus)
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), [Orgel]
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Item no.: 1340039
Windhaager Messe
for: Voice (alto), 2 horns, organ
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 237245
in c
for: 3 trombones [organ manuals]
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Item no.: 1670526
in c
for: 3 trombones [organ manuals]
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Item no.: 1670525
Single part Bassoon 4
Item no.: 235618