Bruckner

[ brook-ner, bruhk-; German brook-nuhr ]

/ ˈbrʊk nər, ˈbrʌk-; German ˈbrʊk nər /

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An·ton

[an-tuhn, -ton, -tohn; German ahn-tawn], /ˈæn tən, -tɒn, -toʊn; German ˈɑn tɔn/, 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist.

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How to use Bruckner in a sentence

Like a Bruckner symphony, the work is monumental, mesmerizing, cumulative in its impact and mostly lacking in air, light and sex.
Seeing Jasper Johns: Blockbuster exhibition reveals a brilliant but bleak legacy|Philip Kennicott|September 29, 2021|Washington Post
The proud tradition seems to have reached a temporary halt in Wagner and Bruckner and Brahms.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld
For, like Bruckner's, they appear chosen with an eye to their serviceability for contrapuntal deformation and dissection.
Musical Portraits|Paul Rosenfeld
Above all, he struck at him as being the head of a party that was spitefully opposed to Wagner and Bruckner and all innovators.
Musicians of To-Day|Romain Rolland

Bruckner had a sweet and modest character, and an endearing, if rather childish, personality.
Musicians of To-Day|Romain Rolland
In an affidavit furnished by one Bruckner it is stated that he saw a cannon on the Lusitania.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Bruckner

Bruckner

/ (German ˈbrʊknər) /

noun

Anton (ˈantoːn). 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist in the Romantic tradition. His works include nine symphonies, four masses, and a Te Deum

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