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October 1996
Marking the 100th Anniversary of His Death

 

In October 1996 a group of enthusiastic fans of Anton Bruckner went to Upper Austria for a few days centered around the 11th, to explore the world that Bruckner had grown up in.  We started talking about this trip in the early 1980s; then it was just dream too far off in time to grasp.  But we made it...

Here are some pictures take at the time.  Digital photography was in it infancy in 1996, so the pictures taken (with a Casio QV30) are quite small and quality isn't exceptional.

Place visited: Ansfelden, St Florian, Steyr and surroundings.  Stories about an unexpected cappella performance in St Florian on the 11th, a performance of the Requiem in Steyr, talking with the curator of the Geburtshaus, and more, audio-visual presentations in St Florian Bruckner Museum, Bruckner Merchandising on sale at St Florian, and more.

 

His Birthplace (Geburtshaus)

(Ansfelden, 1824)

The plaque on the side of Bruckner's Gerburtshaus Baby Tonerl's crib Some of Bruckner's hand writing
Bust of Bruckner Bruckner's Death Mask

Above are some of the exhibits at the Bruckner Museum based at the house where he was born (Geburtshaus).

 

Picture of what St. Florian Stift used to look like.
Picture of what St Florian used to look like.

St. Florian Bruckner Museum

Bruckner's Bed Bruckner's Hat
Bruckner's Chair Bruckners Organ from home

 

St Florian Stift (web site)

Bruckner's "Lieber Gott" quote from a wall in St Florian. The Great Bruckner Organ at St Florian
Bruckner's Tombstone at St Florian Painted ceiling at the Stift of St Florian

All Pictures Copyright © 1996, 1998, 1999 & 2003 by Andrew Stringer.