Bruckner Gesamtausgabe

The Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Brucker's Complete Edition) is a critical edition of the works of Anton Bruckner. Published by Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien in Vienna, it comprises three successive editions.

• Alte Gesamtausgabe (1930–1944, Editorial Head: Robert Haas)
  This first edition (12 volumes issued) included 'hybrid' scores for Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8 and other similar conflations for some other revised works (Mass No. 3).
• Neue Gesamtausgabe (1951–1989, Editorial Head: Leopold Nowak)
  In this new edition Nowak et al. went about publishing several versions of some works, in the process correcting some mistakes of Haas. From 1990 onwards (Editorial Head: Herbert Vogg), William Carragan, Paul Hawkshaw, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs et al. were in the process of reviewing and further correcting the work of Haas and Nowak.
• Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Editorial board: Paul Hawkshaw, Thomas Leibnitz, Andreas Lindner, Angela Pachovsky, Thomas Röder)
  In 2011 it has been decided to issue a new edition, which will include the content of the current edition and integrate the in the meantime retrieved sources.

Bruckner Gesamtausgabe

Language	German
Publisher	Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien
Publication date	1930
Publication place	Austria

Content of the first edition

Foreseen content of the first edition

Twenty-two volumes were foreseen, of which twelve were (partially) issued:

• Volume 1: Symphony No. 1, (revised) "Linz version" and "Vienna version", edited by Robert Haas, 1935
• Volume 2: Symphony No. 2 ("mixed" version), edited by Robert Haas, 1938
• Volume 3: [Symphony No. 3, 1873 version, Robert Haas, 1944; editorial material lost in Leipzig's bombing]
• Volume 4: Symphony No. 4, second version (1878) with 1880 Finale (a.k.a. 1881 version) – 1878 Volksfest Finale, edited by Robert Haas, 1936
• Volume 5: Symphony No. 5, edited by Robert Haas, 1935
• Volume 6: Symphony No. 6, edited by Robert Haas, 1935
• Volume 7: Symphony No. 7, edited by Robert Haas, 1944
• Volume 8: Symphony No. 8 ("mixed" version), edited by Robert Haas, 1939
• Volume 9: Symphony No. 9, edited by Alfred Orel, 1934
• Volume 10: –
• Volume 11: Four Orchestral Pieces, edited by Alfred Orel, 1934
• Volume 12: –
• Volume 13: Mass No. 2, second version, edited by Robert Haas and Leopold Nowak 1940
• Volume 14: Mass No. 3, edited by Robert Haas, 1944
• Volume 15: Requiem and Missa solemnis, edited by Robert Haas, 1930

Content of the second edition

• Volume I: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
  • I/1: "(revised) Linz version" (1877), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1953
    • I/1A: Adagio (original version 1865-1866, fragment), Scherzo (earlier composition 1865), edited by Wolfgang Grandjean, 1995
  • I/2: "Vienna version" (1890–1891), re-edition by Günter Brosche, 1980
• Volume II: Symphony No. 2 in C minor
  • II/1: First version (1872), edited by William Carragan, 2005
  • II/2: Second version (1877), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1965 / new edition by William Carragan, 2007
• Volume III: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
  • III/1: First version (1873), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1977
    • /1A: Adagio No. 2 (1876), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1980
  • III/2: Second version (1877), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1981
  • III/3: Third version (1889), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1959
• Volume IV: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major
  • IV/1: First version (1874), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1975
  • IV/2: Second version (1878) with 1880 Finale (a.k.a. 1886 version), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1953
    • IV/2F: 1878 Finale, re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1981
  • IV/3: Third version (1888), edited by Benjamin M. Korstvedt, 2004
• Volume V: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major (1878), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1951
• Volume VI: Symphony No. 6 in A major (1881), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1952
• Volume VII: Symphony No. 7 in E major (1883), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1954
• Volume VIII: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
  • VIII/1: First version (1887), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1972 - new edition by Paul Hawkshaw, 2017
  • VIII/2: Second version (1890), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1955
• Volume IX: Symphony No. 9 in D minor (1894), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1951 / new edition by Benjamin Gunnar Cohrs, 2000
  • IX/1: First movement
  • IX/2: Scherzo
    • IX/2-Q: Two posthumous trios for the Scherzo, with viola solo (1889/1893), edited by Benjamin Gunnar Cohrs, 1998
  • IX/3: Adagio
  • IX/4: Finale Fragment (1895-1896), edited by John A. Phillips, 1994/1999
• Volume X: Symphony in F minor ("Studiensymphonie", 1863), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1973
• Volume XI: Symphony in D minor ("No. 0", 1869), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1968
• Volume XII: Early Orchestral and Instrumental Works
  • XII/1: Rondo in C minor for string quartet (1862), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1985
  • XII/2: Works for solo piano (1850–1869), edited by Walburga Litschauer, 1988/2000
  • XII/3: Piano works for four hands (1853–1855), edited by Walburga Litschauer, 1994
  • XII/4: Four orchestral pieces (1862), re-edition by Hans Jancik und Rüdiger Bornhöft, 1996
  • XII/5: Overture in G minor (1863), edited by Hans Jancik und Rüdiger Bornhöft, 1996
  • XII/6: Organ works (1846–1890), edited by Erwin Horn, 2001
    • XII/6A: Five pieces in E-flat major (1836–1837), probably not by Bruckner
  • XII/7: Abendklänge for violin and piano (1866), edited by Walburga Litschauer, 1995
  • XII/8: March in E-flat minor for military band (1865), edited by Rüdiger Bornhöft, 1996
• Volume XIII: Chamber Music
  • XIII/1: String quartet in C minor (1861–1862), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1955
  • XIII/2: String quintet in F major - Intermezzo in D minor (1878–1879), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1963 / revised edition by Gerold G. Gruber, 2007
• Volume XIV: Requiem in D minor (1849), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1966 / revised edition by Rüdiger Bornhöft, 1998
• Volume XV: Missa solemnis in B-flat (1854), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1957
• Volume XVI: Mass No. 1 in D minor (1864), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1975
• Volume XVII: Mass No. 2 in E minor
  • XVII/1: First version (1866), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1977
  • XVII/2: Second version (1882), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1959
• Volume XVIII: Mass No. 3 in F minor (1867/1868), re-edition by Leopold Nowak, 1960 / new edition by Paul Hawkshaw, 2005
• Volume XIX: Te Deum (1884), edited by Leopold Nowak, 1962
• Volume XX: Psalms and Magnificat
  • XX/1: Psalm 114 (1852), edited by Paul Hawkshaw, 1997
  • XX/2: Psalm 22 (1852), edited by Paul Hawkshaw, 1997
  • XX/3: Magnificat (1852), edited by Paul Hawkshaw, 1997
  • XX/4: Psalm 146 (1856–1858), edited by Paul Hawkshaw, 1996
  • XX/5: Psalm 112 (1863), edited by Paul Hawkshaw, 1996
  • XX/6: Psalm 150 (1892), edited by Franz Grasberger, 1964
• Volume XXI: Smaller sacred Works (1835–1892), edited by Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak, 1984/2001
• Volume XXII: Cantatas and Choral Works with Orchestra
  • XXII/1, Nos. 1-5: Name-day cantatas (1845–1855), edited by Franz Burkhart, Rudolf H. Führer and Leopold Nowak, 1987
  • XXII/2, No. 6: Fest-Kantate Preiset den Herrn (1862), edited by Franz Burkhart, Rudolf H. Führer and Leopold Nowak, 1987
  • XXII/2, No. 7: Germanenzug (1864), edited by Franz Burkhart, Rudolf H. Führer and Leopold Nowak, 1987
  • XXII/2, No. 8: Helgoland (1893), edited by Franz Burkhart, Rudolf H. Führer and Leopold Nowak, 1987
• Volume XXIII: Songs and Secular Choral Works
  • XXIII/1: Songs for voice and piano (1851–1882), edited by Angela Pachovsky, 1997
  • XXIII/2: Secular choruses (1843–1893), edited by Angela Pachovsky and Anton Reinthaler, 2001
• Volume XXIV: Letters
  • XXIV/1: Letters (1852–1886), edited by Andrea Harrandt and Otto Schneider, 1998/2009
  • XXIV/2: Letters (1887–1896), edited by Andrea Harrandt and Otto Schneider, 2003
• Volume XXV: The Kitzler Study Book (1861–1863), facsimile edited by Paul Hawkshaw and Erich Wolfgang Partsch, 2014

New ongoing edition

• Volume I/1: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, „Linz“ Version 1868, edited by Thomas Röder, 2016
• Volume IV/1: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, First Version (1874 version, revised 1875-76), edited by Benjamin M. Korstvedt, 2019
• Volume IV/2: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, Second Version (1881 version), edited by Benjamin M. Korstvedt, 2019