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: CHRONOLOGY OF VERSIONS AND EDITIONS : End of 1873 : - Bruckner tells Kitzler he is ready to begin work on a 4th symphony : Jan 2, 1874 : - Sym #4 begun ? first movement - while still working on Sym #3 : Nov 22, 1874 : - 1st version completed, 8:30pm Vienna : 1875-76 : - 1st draft of Sym #5 : Sept ? Dec 1876 : - Bruckner contacts Tappert to obtain first performance from Bilse in Berlin : - The score and parts are sent to Bilse : - Bruckner now uses the term "Romantic" when refering to the symphony - Bruckner considers changing the scoring of the 2nd mvmt : Oct 12, 1877 : - Letter to Tappert attempting to recover his original score from Bilse : - Mcript and parts returned to Bruckner?s estate only after his death (but now lost?) : - Bruckner reveals in the letter his intention to revise the score (Herbeck?s influence?): "I have become convinced that my Fourth Romantic Symphony urgently needs a thorough revision" : Jan 18 ? Sept 30, 1878 : - 2nd version completed ? it includes: : **Thorough revision of 1st mvmt : **Thorough revision of 2nd mvmt : **New finale "Volksfest" : Oct 9, 1878 : - Letter to Tappert - Bruckner describes the revisions and indicate the he intends to compose a new Hunt scherzo with Repast trio : Dec 1878 : - Hunt Scherzo composed : 1879 : - String Quintet composed : Nov 1879 ? Jun 5, 1880 : - New finale composed : - First sketches of Sym #6 : Feb 20, 1881 : - First performance of the symphony in the 1880 version under Richter/Vienna Phil ? success ? Bruckner present at concert : - First Bruckner symphony premier not given by him : - Score intended to be original copy for publication but never published in Bruckner?s lifetime : - Autograph mcript HS-19.476, Austrian National Library, Vienna : Haas = Enfung ? this is the Haas edition : This score composed of: : **1878 mvmts 1 & 2 : **Hunt scherzo : **1879-80 Finale : Dec 1881 : - Felix Mottl/Karlsruhe performance ? failure ? Bruckner not present : 1885 : - Gutmann publishes first edition of Sym #7 : 1885-86 : - Bruckner sends copies of the score to 2 different publishers - rejected : June 4, 1886 : - Performance of mvmts 1 & 3 at Sondershausen : - Bruckner prepares a final revision of HS-19.476 for performance by Anton Seidl in the wake of Sondershausen performance : - Auer & Graflinger state that Bruckner hoped to have this score published in America : - This is the Nowak edition : - Chief modifications are: : **Minor wind & br adjustments (difficult to hear) in 140 bars : **Finale changed from 2/4 to 4/4 : **Return of the opening theme in the 3rd & 4th horns in the finale coda : **Cuts suggested by Bruckner for the initial performance : 1887 ? 88 : - Lowe/Schalk arrangement first prepared and completed late 1887 : - This mcript discovered in 1939 : - Mcript is in Lowe?s hand, not Bruckner?s, but contains Bruckner?s additions & revisions in his hand : Jan 22, 1888 : - Richter/VPO concert of Lowe?s arrangement ? success : Feb 1888 : - Bruckner?s final revisions to Lowe?s agmt : Feb 27, 1888 : - Bruckner ures Levi that he possesses only one autograph, : that of 1880 : April 4, 1888 : - Anton Siedl New York concert using his unique score : - This mcript (found in 1952) is in the Columbia Univ Library : - Nowak?s edition uses these modifications as he believes them to be of greater authority than 19.476 : May 15, 1888 : - Bruckner signs final contract to print Lowe?s agmt with Gutmann : June 1888 : - Lowe?s agmt sent to printer : Sept 1889 : - Gutmann publishes Lowe agmt : Jan 18, 1890 : - Bruckner prepares a fair copy of the 1881 score, Vienna : - Redlich?s ?silent protest? against the 1889 score : - Note: this is Bruckner?s final work on this score and he chose this version and not any other ? not even the Siedl score, though that mcript was in New York and not available to him : Dec 10, 1890 : - Franz Fisher (substituting for Levi)/Munich concert, Lowe agmt? popularity of the symphony is now ured : Performances of Lowe agmt under Mahler, Weingartner, Richter, & Schalk contunue in the 1890s - 13 performances given of the Lowe agmt : : References : Cooke, Deryck, Vindications ? Essays on Romantic Music, 1982, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. : Cooke, Deryck, "Anton Bruckner", The New Grove Late Romantic Masters : Korstvedt, Benjamin Marcus, "The First Published Edition of Anton Bruckner?s Fourth Symphony: Collaboration and Authenticity", 19th Century Music, Vol XX, No. 1, Summer 1996. : Redlich, Hans F., Preface to Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat Major (The Romantic), ed. Hans F. Redlich, July 1954, London, Eulenberg Edition.

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