This 1997 book presents musicological and theoretical research on the life and music of Anton Bruckner. It provides biographical insights into the composer's personality, working procedure and circle of friends. The book challenges the reader to reassess the man and his music in a fresh light.

List of plates; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I. Historical Studies: 1. An anatomy of change: Anton Bruckner's revisions to the Mass in F Minor Paul Hawkshaw; 2. A hidden personality: access to an 'inner biography' of Anton Bruckner Elisabeth Maier; 3. Bruckner and Viennese Wagnerism Margaret Notley; 4. The annexation of Anton Bruckner: Nazi revisionism and the politics of appropriation Bryan Gilliam; 5. 'Return to the pure sources': the ideology and text-critical legacy of the first Bruckner Gesamtausgabe Benjamin Marcus Korstvedt; 6. Bruckner and the Bayreuthians; or, Das Geheimnis der Form bei Anton Bruckner Stephen McClatchie; 7. Josef Schalk and the theory of harmony at the end of the nineteenth century Robert W. Wason; Part II. Analytical Studies: 8. The finale of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony and tragic reversed sonata form Timothy L. Jackson; 9. Some aspects of prolongation procedures in the Ninth Symphony (Scherzo and Adagio) Edward Laufer; 10. Bruckner's sonata deformations Warren Darcy; 11. Phrase rhythm in Bruckner's early orchestral Scherzi Joseph C. Kraus; Index.