Noguchi, Takeo: Essay on the Schalk Edition of the Bruckner Symphony No. 5

Takeo Noguchi (1964-2023) was a well known Bruckner scholar in Japan and was the Director of the Wilhelm Furtwangler Institute in Tokyo. Mr. Noguchi was a strong advocate of Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century performance practices and as such had a keen interest in the first published editions of Bruckner's symphonies. This essay is the forward to a reprint of the Franz Schalk edition of the Bruckner Symphony No. 5 that Mr. Noguchi published in Japan.