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Bruckner

American

[brook-ner, bruhk-, brook-nuhr] / ˈbrʊk nər, ˈbrʌk-, ˈbrʊk nər /

noun

Anton 1824–96, Austrian composer and organist.

Bruckner British

/ 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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Dell said Rob Bruckner, who joined the company in early December, will now lead the commercial PC business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

Virile young conductors swoon over Bruckner at his biggest and baddest, as Mehta did when he recorded the Eighth with the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

Mr. Pärt’s setting of the ancient text takes its place in a proud line that in the 19th century alone included Berlioz, Verdi and Bruckner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

"I always think we will win, but playing Libertadores midweek makes things tricky," says Bruckner.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

Bruckner aside, most of Wagner’s contemporaries, while quick to assert his musical brilliance, were as at sea with the whole Wagner-and-the-future-of-all-art project as they were with the cultural agendas of his dramas.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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