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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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