3 of 5 Organ Works by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) on the Schwerin Dom Ladegast Demo Organ

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Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), while incredibly famous for his symphonies, also worked as a church musician and organist. He was most famous as an improvisationalist at the organ. Here’s the brief biography of his time as an organist at Sankt Florian from Wikipedia:

“After the Kronstorf period, Bruckner returned to Sankt Florian in 1845 where, for the next 10 years, he would work as a teacher and an organist. In May 1845, Bruckner passed an examination which allowed him to work as an assistant teacher in one of the village schools of Sankt Florian. He continued to improve his education by taking further courses, passing an examination giving him permission to also teach in higher education institutes, receiving the grade "very good" in all disciplines. In 1848 Bruckner was appointed an organist in Sankt Florian and in 1851 this was made a regular position. In Sankt Florian, most of the repertoire consisted of the music of Michael Haydn, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Franz Joseph Aumann. During his stay in Sankt Florian, Bruckner continued to work with Zenetti.”

A an interesting Wikipedia article discussion about his organ works, or those attributed to them, can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organ_compositions_by_Anton_Bruckner

For purposes of this upload, I will go further than the sources in Wikipedia and cite the research of both Hans and Martin Haselböcks (father and son, super famous Austrian organists/musicians). Both of these have edited organ works of organists at the Vienna Court, including Anton Bruckner. It is from these editions that I’m playing the recorded works here. Hans Haselböck’s work is from 1970, and Martin Haselböck’s work is from 1996.