Music Professor Benjamin Korstvedt breaks down Bruckner\u2019s sonic legacy<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><br \/>\n<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"csidebar right tint\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Benjamin Korstvedt ’87, a noted Anton Bruckner scholar, reveals the composer’s complex history in <a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2024\/05\/02\/as-austria-celebrates-bruckner-year-clark-scholar-reveals-composers-complex-history\/\">this ClarkNow story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>A few months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/benjamin-korstvedt\/\" aria-label=\"professor bio\">Benjamin Korstvedt<\/a> ’87 graduated from Clark, he bought a handful of 99-cent records. Among them was a recording of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner’s second symphony. Korstvedt was hooked and still is decades later.<\/p>\n<p>Korstvedt, now the George N. and Selma U. Jeppson Professor of Music at Clark, and fellow scholars are celebrating “Bruckner Year,” the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth, with global festivals, conferences, and performances recognizing the enduring impact of Bruckner’s music.<\/p>\n<p>“His music was most successful during his lifetime with the younger generation. At their finest — and there are some very great moments in these pieces — they achieve what I think is best described as a level of the sublime. The sense of striving for something really profound and something beyond the norm, emotionally and spiritually,” says Korstvedt.<\/p>\n<p>The professor’s forthcoming book, “<a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/bruckners-fourth-9780197765661?cc=us&lang=en&\" aria-label=\"book info\">Bruckner’s Fourth: The Biography of a Symphony<\/a>,” will be published in October by Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenge. Change.<\/strong> is produced by Melissa Hanson for Clark University. Listen and subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4UuYAjq1d3Hq45cjwxoCNL\" aria-label=\"listen on spotify\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/challenge-change\/id1608025510\" aria-label=\"listen on apple podcasts\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>. Find other episodes wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"csidebar center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_42954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42954\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-42954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2023-Carnegie-Hall-performance-029-420x280-3.jpg\" alt=\"Cailin Marcel Manson conducts Verdi’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall. Singers included the Clark University Choir.\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cailin Marcel Manson conducts Verdi’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall. 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