Symphony in B-flat major, WAB 142 (Bruckner, Anton)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 (incomplete sketch of 68 bars)
Composition Year	1869-10-29
Genre Categories	Symphonies; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra

1 Performances
- 1.1 Recordings
- 1.2 Synthesized/MIDI
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Scores
3 Free Recordings
4 General Information
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Performances

Recordings

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Synthesized/MIDI

Complete Performance
*#427880 - 2.11MB - 2:18 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 144×⇩ - MP3 - Cypressdome

MP3 file (audio)
Cypressdome (2016/6/23)

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Performers	Synthesized recording (strings)
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Sketch (color)
*#427486 - 5.04MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 78×⇩ - Cypressdome

PDF scanned by Bruckner-online
Cypressdome (2016/6/20)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1869. (October 29)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.300dpi color images. Source: Mus.Hs.6018.
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Complete Sketch (monochrome)
*#431184 - 1.26MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 61×⇩ - Sallen112

PDF scanned by Bruckner Online
Sallen112 (2016/7/21)

Editor	First edition August Göllerich (1859–1923) Max Auer (1880–1962)
Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1869. (October 29) Anton Bruckner: ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, Band 4, Teil 1, after S.112 Regensburg: Gustav Bosse, 1936.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.240dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Facsimile of Mus.Hs.6018. Taken from the Bruckner Drucke: MUS-AB-70,4,1.
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Complete Sketch
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PDF typeset by editor
Cypressdome (2016/6/23)

Musescore and MusicXML Engraving Files
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ZIP typeset by editor
Cypressdome (2016/6/23)

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Misc. Notes	Deciphered the manuscript as best as I could but no doubt contains errors on my part.
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Free Recordings

MIDI file by Martin Bernard (Nowak edition, via John Berky's site)

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General Information

Work Title	Symphony in B-flat major
Alternative. Title	Symphonie in B
Composer	Bruckner, Anton
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	WAB 142
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IAB 105
Key	B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 (incomplete sketch of 68 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1869-10-29
First Publication.	1936 – Regensburg: Gustav Bosse (Anton Bruckner: ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild: Band 4, Teil 1 — facsimile of manuscript)
Copyright Information	In the USA this work is most likely in the public domain because no renewal was found after a thorough search of the Catalog of Copyright Entries and it was ineligible for "restoration" under GATT/TRIPS due to being in the public domain its home country on the relevant restoration date.
Average DurationAvg. Duration	2 minutes 15 seconds
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	orchestra
Manuscript Sources	Complete sketch (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Mus.Hs.6018)
External Links	Wikipedia article (Section) ABruckner.com (Discography and Synthesized performance of sketch)

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Bruckner's next attempt was a sketch of the first movement to a Symphony in B-flat major, but he did no further work on it afterwards.

-Wikipedia

Orchestral works by Anton Bruckner
March in D minor, WAB 96 3 Pieces for Orchestra, WAB 97 Overture in G minor, WAB 98 Symphony in F minor, WAB 99 'Study Symphony' [No.00] Military March in E-flat major, WAB 116 (for wind band) Symphony No.1 in C minor, WAB 101 Symphony in D minor 'Nullte', WAB 100 [No.0] Symphony in B-flat major, WAB 142 (sketch)	Symphony No.2 in C minor, WAB 102 Symphony No.3 in D minor, WAB 103 Symphony No.4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 'Romantic' Symphony No.5 in B-flat major, WAB 105 Symphony No.6 in A major, WAB 106 Symphony No.7 in E major, WAB 107 Symphony No.8 in C minor, WAB 108 Symphony No.9 in D minor, WAB 109/143

There is a recording 'Bruckner Unknown' by Ricardo Luna on Preiser of a chamber arrangement of this 2-minute sketch, coupled with other (interesting) Bruckner miscellanea: discarded andante & scherzo from symphony No. 1, two discarded trios & sketches of the finale from symphony No. 9, as well as the premiere recording of the full setting of Christus factus est, WAB 10