Zwischen Einfuhlung and Abstraktion: Studien zum Problem des Symphonischen Typus Anton Bruckners

This study of the 19th century Austrian composer, Anton Bruckners, grew out of a 1998 doctoral dissertation at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Bruckners' works have for years evaded categorization due to their wide variety in style and vastly different effects on the listener. As a result the author delves into a detailed analysis of the problems associated with symphonic typology and places the composer's pieces into a unique position somewhere between sympathy and abstraction. The discussion continues with an application of the psychological theories of Wilhelm Dilthey, Carl Jung, and Wilhelm Worringer to offer a fresh interpretation of the processual and conceptual elements of the symphony. Text in German.