Today I pay tribute, on his 200th birthday, to one of the finest Catholic composers of all time, Anton Bruckner. Much has been written about the Austrian romantic’s unshakable faith and profound love of God, to which many letters, episodes, and anecdotes bear witness. How can one talk about Bruckner’s music without speaking continually of the divine, of glory and terror, bliss and despair, longing and surcease of longing, consolation dawning on the dark night, half-recalled dreams of heaven, the heart losing and finding, straying and returning—of invisible (and inaudible) realities, and of visible realities seen with the eyes of faith?
06 September 2024
Happy 200th Birthday to “God’s Minstrel,” Anton Bruckner
To follow up on my shared post Music for Souls Purified in the Fire.
Today I pay tribute, on his 200th birthday, to one of the finest Catholic composers of all time, Anton Bruckner. Much has been written about the Austrian romantic’s unshakable faith and profound love of God, to which many letters, episodes, and anecdotes bear witness. How can one talk about Bruckner’s music without speaking continually of the divine, of glory and terror, bliss and despair, longing and surcease of longing, consolation dawning on the dark night, half-recalled dreams of heaven, the heart losing and finding, straying and returning—of invisible (and inaudible) realities, and of visible realities seen with the eyes of faith?
Today I pay tribute, on his 200th birthday, to one of the finest Catholic composers of all time, Anton Bruckner. Much has been written about the Austrian romantic’s unshakable faith and profound love of God, to which many letters, episodes, and anecdotes bear witness. How can one talk about Bruckner’s music without speaking continually of the divine, of glory and terror, bliss and despair, longing and surcease of longing, consolation dawning on the dark night, half-recalled dreams of heaven, the heart losing and finding, straying and returning—of invisible (and inaudible) realities, and of visible realities seen with the eyes of faith?
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