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An Early Bruckner Biography is Discovered in English

An Early Bruckner Biography is Discovered in English

An Early Bruckner Biography is Discovered in English
Philip Hale (1854-1934) was the annotator for the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1901 until 1933. For the November 1915 performance of the Symphony No. 7 conducted by Karl Muck, Mr. Hale chose to include a biographical sketch of Bruckner in the program notes for the concert.

A copy of the program book was recently discovered online during research that George Zepos of Athens and I were doing on the performances of Bruckner's symphonies by Karl Muck. The biography has now been transcribed from the program book and has been added to the Articles in English Section of this website.

As far as we know, it is one of the first biographies of Bruckner to appear in English.

To read the annotation and the biography, click here.