Anton Bruckner, already a well-known organist and composer, began formal studies in theory, instrumentation, and composition at age 37 with Otto Kitzler, who was ten years his junior.
Compositional Technique
Bruckner's String Quartet in C Minor, WAB 111, shows his impressive contrapuntal-polyphonic writing techniques, with bold modulations in the development section revealing original and independent features.
Composition History
Anton Bruckner's entire string quartet output dates from his study period with Otto Kitzler, preserved in the Kitzler-Studienbuch (study book) from 1861 to 1863.
Composition History
Bruckner's String Quartet in C Minor, WAB 111, was written for study purposes and never publicly performed by him, though he later fulfilled a request for a string quartet by composing his String Quintet in F Major.
Compositional Technique
The Scherzo of Bruckner's String Quartet in C Minor references Joseph Haydn's quartets, while its trio incorporates Ländler motifs, alluding to Upper-Austrian folk music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Friedrich Klose, a student of Bruckner, subtitled his String Quartet in E-Flat Major 'A tribute paid in four instalments to my stern German schoolmasters,' demonstrating both classical influence and his own mastery.
Compositional Technique
Friedrich Klose's String Quartet in E-Flat Major features an Adagio with a chorale-like melody, which serves as a germ cell, with its motivic material recurring in changing forms throughout the other movements.
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