Symphony No.8 in C minor, WAB 108 (Bruckner, Anton)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements
Composition Year 1887 (Version 1), rev.1888 (Intermediate Adagio); 1890 (Version 2)
Genre Categories Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

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Full Scores

1st version (1887)

 I. Allegro moderato
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 II. Scherzo
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1887.
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Misc. Notes Mus.Hs.6083, 6084
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 Complete Score (EU)
#562354 - 12.07MB, 244 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/N*/V* - 8217×⇩ - christian.kraus

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Editor Leopold Nowak (1904-1991)
Publisher. Info. Neue Gesamtausgabe, Band VIII. (pp.1-241)
Vienna: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1972.
URTEXT EDITION 
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Misc. Notes Editor's preface removed for copyright reasons.
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2nd version (1890)

 I. Allegro moderato
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 II. Scherzo. Allegro moderato; Trio. Langsam
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 III. Adagio. Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend
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 IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1887-90)
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Misc. Notes 1890 version; Adagio 1887 version; Mus.Hs.19480
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 Complete Score
#563125 - 11.71MB, 172 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/C*/V* - 756×⇩ - christian.kraus

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Editor Robert Haas (1886-1960)
Leopold Nowak (1904-1991), revisions
Publisher. Info. Bruckner: Alte Gesamtausgabe, Band 8.
Vienna: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1939.
Reprinted Neue Gesamtausgabe, Band VIII. (pp.1-171)
Vienna: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1955*.
URTEXT EDITION 
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Misc. Notes Editor's preface removed for copyright reasons. *Nowak's edition here was reprinted from Haas' edition of the 1930s (where the 1890 version appeared in score and parts). The engraving on this score clearly pre-dates the claim of 1955 by decades. Why this item would qualify for copyright in the United States is a complete mystery as there is nothing original of Nowak's to be found in it.
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1st and 2nd versions, amalgamated

 Complete Score
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Editor Robert Haas (1886-1960)
Publisher. Info. Alte Gesamtausgabe, Band 8
Leipzig: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, G.m.b.H., 1939.
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 Complete Score
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Editor Robert Haas (1886-1960)
Publisher. Info. Alte Gesamtausgabe, Band 8
Leipzig: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, G.m.b.H., 1939.
Reprinted Melville: Belwin-Mills, n.d.
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Intermediate Adagio (1888)

 Intermediate Adagio (a)
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 Intermediate Adagio (b)
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1888)
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Misc. Notes Mus.Hs.34614/a-b
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III. Adagio (1890)

 III. Adagio (1890)
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1890.
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Misc. Notes Mus.Hs.40999
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1st published version (1892)

 Complete Score (color)
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Editor First edition
Engraver Leipzig: C.G. Röder.
Publisher. Info. Berlin: Schlesinger (Lienau imprint), 1892. Plate S. 8288.
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 Complete Score
#30702 - 17.92MB, 223 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 24800×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/4/23)

Editor Max Steinitzer (1864-1936)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Ernst Eulenburg, 1912. Plate S. 8288a.
Co-issue with Universal Edition (Philharmonia series)
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Misc. Notes This score is of the 1892 first edition of the Symphony and differs in many places from the Haas and Nowak versions usually heard in recordings. As musicologist Benjamin Korstvedt persuasively argues (in Bruckner Symphony No. 8, Cambridge Music Handbooks, Cambridge UP, 2000), the considerable number of additional tempo changes, especially in the finale, shed important light on performance practices at the time of the work's premiere. The first edition "explains how the music should go far more explicitly -- and in a musically compelling way -- than do Bruckner's manuscript scores of the 1890 and 1887 versions and the modern critical editions based on them [i.e. Haas and Nowak]."
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Parts

1st and 2nd versions, amalgamated

 Flute 1, 2, 3
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⇒ 14 more: Oboe 1, 2, 3 • Clarinet 1, 2, 3 (B♭) • Bassoon 1, 2, 3/Contrabassoon • Horn 1, 2 (F), 3, 4 (B♭/F) • Horn 5, 6 (F), also Tenor Wagner Tuba 1, 2 (B♭)) / Horn 7, 8 (B♭, F), also Bass Wagner Tuba 1, 2 (F) • Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (F/C) • Trombone 1 (alto), 2 (tenor), 3 (bass), Tuba • Timpani, Triangle/Cymbals • Harp • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Oboe 1, 2, 3
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 Clarinet 1, 2, 3 (B♭)
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 Bassoon 1, 2, 3/Contrabassoon
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 Horn 1, 2 (F), 3, 4 (B♭/F)
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 Trumpet 1, 2, 3 (F/C)
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 Trombone 1 (alto), 2 (tenor), 3 (bass), Tuba
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 Timpani, Triangle/Cymbals
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 Harp
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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Editor Robert Haas (1888-1960)
Publisher. Info. Alte Gesamtausgabe, Band 8
Leipzig: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, G.m.b.H., 1939.
Reprinted New York: E.F. Kalmus, n.d.(1940). Catalog A1364.
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Misc. Notes These files are part of the Orchestra Parts Project.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos (Grunsky)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Karl Grunsky (1871–1943)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, 1927. Plate 10587.
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Misc. Notes Found at John F. Berky's Bruckner site.
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For Piano 4 hands (Schalk)

 Complete Score
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Arranger Josef Schalk (1857-1900)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Tobias Haslinger, n.d. Plate S. 8289.
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For Piano 4 hands (Singer)

 Complete Score
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Hobbypianist (2008/9/23)

Arranger Otto Singer II (1863-1931)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920). Plate 10308.
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For Piano (Stradal)

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Arranger August Stradal (1860-1930)
Publisher. Info. Vienna: Tobias Haslinger, n.d.(ca.1887). Plate S. 8289 A.
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Sketches and Drafts

 Sketches (Part 1)
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 Sketches (Part 2)
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.[1886-7].
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Misc. Notes Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Kraków (PL-Kj): Mus. ms. autogr. Bruckner
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 Sketches (A-KR-C56-14e2)
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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1884-87)
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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 (OSB), A-KR-C56-14e2. Verso of first sheet contains a sketch of Ave regina caelorum, WAB 8. The remaining sheets contain sketches for the finale of the symphony.
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General Information

Work Title Symphony No.8
Alternative. Title
Name Translations Симфония № 8; Symphonie nº 8 de Bruckner; Symphony No. 8; Symfonie nr. 8; VIII Simfonija (Brukner); Simfonia núm. 8 (Bruckner); 8. Sinfonie; 교향곡 8번 (브루크너); Simfonija št. 8 (Bruckner); 交響曲第8番 (ブルックナー); Sinfonía n.º 8; Sinfonia n. 8; Symffoni Rhif 8 (Bruckner); Sinfonia n.º 8 (Bruckner); Симфонія № 8; 布鲁克纳第八交响曲; السيمفونيه رقم 8; Symfoni nr. 8; Symfoni nr. 8 (Bruckner)
Name Aliases 8. Sinfonie in c-Moll; Symfonie nr. 8 (Bruckner); 第8號交響曲
Authorities WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 212878744; GND: 300030010; BNF: 13920731r
Composer Bruckner, Anton
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. WAB 108
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IAB 115
Key C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 movements:
I. Allegro moderato (C minor)
II. Scherzo: Allegro moderato - Trio: Langsam (C minor - C major, Trio in A♭ major)
III. Adagio: Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend (D♭ major)
IV. Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell (C minor - C major)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1887 (Version 1), rev.1888 (Intermediate Adagio); 1890 (Version 2)
First Performance. 1892-12-18, conducted by Hans Richter
First Publication. 1892 (edited by Schalk and Oberleithner) - Lienau
Dedication Franz Josef I., Kaiser von Österreich
Average DurationAvg. Duration 80 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation orchestra
InstrDetail
3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon)
8 horns (5-8 also Wagner tuben), 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, cymbals, triangle, 3 harps, strings
External Links Wikipedia article
Bruckner Symphony versions (Griegel)
Bruckner Symphony versions (Marques)
Discography (Berky)
The Bruckner Journal. Part 1: Orchestral Music

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