3 Themes for an Organ Improvisation, WAB 241 (Bruckner, Anton)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 pieces
Composition Year	1884
Genre Categories	Pieces; Improvisations; For organ; Scores featuring the organ; For 1 player

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Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1884].
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.300dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Source: Stift Kremsmünster, A-KR-C56-15ab. First page contains a sketch of the Perger Präludium on systems 1-14. Systems 15-17 contain a pedal theme improvised by Bruckner in a performance at Kremsmünster on August 21, 1884. Noted on page two of the score but not in Bruckner's hand the date Aug. 21, 1884.
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Editor	Franz Gräflinger (1876-1962)
Publisher. Info.	Anton Bruckner: Bausteine zu seiner Lebensgeschichte München: R. Piper & Co., 1911.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	3 themes, used by Bruckner for an improvisation at Kremsmünster on August 21, 1884, one day after he composed the "Perger Präludium". First(?) published on page 61 from the book mentioned above (see the Sibley page). Not in Bruckner's work list.
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Work Title	3 Themes for an Organ Improvisation
Alternative. Title
Composer	Bruckner, Anton
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IAB 153
Key	C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 pieces
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1884
First Publication.	1911 – Munich: R. Piper & Co.
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	organ
Extra Locations	One theme was included on a copyist manuscript of the Perger Präludium (Wienbibliothek im Rathaus, MH4123).

Organ works by Anton Bruckner
3 Preludes for Organ, WAB 127 (1836 ca.) 4 Preludes for Organ, WAB 128 (1836 ca.) Postlude in D minor, WAB 126 (1847 ca.) Prélude in D minor, WAB 130 (1847 ca.) Vorspiel und Fuge, WAB 131 (1847)	Fugue in D minor, WAB 125 (1861) Perger Präludium in C major, WAB 129 (1884) 3 Themes for an Organ Improvisation, WAB 241 (1884) Improvisationskizze Ischl, WAB 240 (1890)