I really don't know much about the different Editions and the various Editors and changes made to his Symphonies. I understand that some of changes can be pretty significant. My understanding is that Bruckner was somewhat insecure about himself and his creations and actively sought out advice.
One imagines that if some Editors visited Beethoven and suggested that he make similar changes, they would have left his rooms wearing his chamber pot on their heads. Brahms was notoriously self critical, destroying many pieces even when Clara Schumann and Joachim begged him not to. Brahms was exceeded in self criticism by Paul Dukas, who destroyed virtually everything he wrote and published only 7 works.
My question is this: Are there any Bruckner Symphonies where the changes of his Editors made clear , significant , and by general consensus , improvements in the work? Or do most of the changes by different Editors tend to nibble around the fringes without affecting the main course substantially?
One imagines that if some Editors visited Beethoven and suggested that he make similar changes, they would have left his rooms wearing his chamber pot on their heads. Brahms was notoriously self critical, destroying many pieces even when Clara Schumann and Joachim begged him not to. Brahms was exceeded in self criticism by Paul Dukas, who destroyed virtually everything he wrote and published only 7 works.
My question is this: Are there any Bruckner Symphonies where the changes of his Editors made clear , significant , and by general consensus , improvements in the work? Or do most of the changes by different Editors tend to nibble around the fringes without affecting the main course substantially?
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