List of compositions by Anton Bruckner
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This list of compositions by Anton Bruckner is a list of the musical compositions of Anton Bruckner
sorted by genre, and then chronologically when year of composition is indicated, otherwise alphabetically. The WAB numbers refer to Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner
catalog compiled by Renata Grasberger.
s were added, and a third woodwind in the last two. Only the Eighth has harp, and percussion besides timpani (though legend has it the Seventh is supposed to have a cymbal clash at the exact moment Wagner died). The slow movement is second except for No. 8, No. 9, and the first version of No. 2.
Some other small student pieces of 1862, which are found in the Kitzler-Studienbuch, have not been edited or WAB classified.
The Preludes WAB 127 and WAB 128, as well as a few other WAB-unclassified works, which have been found in Bruckner's Präludienbuch, are of uncertain authorship.
, includes 'hybrid' scores for Symphonies 2 and 8 and other similar conflations for some other revised works. Then Leopold Nowak
went about publishing several versions of some works, in the process correcting some mistakes of Haas. Now Paul Hawkshaw is in the process of reviewing and further correcting the work of Haas and Nowak.
Bruckner's correspondence is not musical composition, but is included in the Gesamtausgabe since it answers some questions about the music.
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...
sorted by genre, and then chronologically when year of composition is indicated, otherwise alphabetically. The WAB numbers refer to Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner
Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner
The Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckners is a thematic catalogue of the music of Anton Bruckner compiled by Renata Grasberger. Grasberger did not include any unfinished compositions nor lost works. Lost works, sketches, etc. were added afterwards...
catalog compiled by Renata Grasberger.
Orchestral works
Bruckner considered his earliest orchestral works mere school exercises, done under the supervision of Otto Kitzler, an orchestral conductor whom Bruckner sought out for orchestration lessons.- Three Orchestral Pieces (E-flat major, E minor, F major) 1862 WAB 97
- March in D minor 1862 WAB 96
- Overture in G minorOverture (Bruckner)In 1862-1863 Anton Bruckner composed the Overture in G minor .By contrast to the earlier Four Orchestral Pieces and the next Symphony in F minor, the Overture appears a much more mature work – really the overture to the mature Bruckner....
1862, revised in 1863 WAB 98
Symphonies
Bruckner intended all his symphonies to be in four movements, though the Ninth is usually played only up to the end of the Adagio. Most of them require an orchestra barely larger than that for a Brahms or Schumann symphony, consisting of pairs of woodwinds, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, timpani and strings. With the Seventh, four Wagner tubaWagner tuba
The Wagner tuba is a comparatively rare brass instrument that combines elements of both the French horn and the tuba. Also referred to as the "Bayreuth Tuba", it was originally created for Richard Wagner's operatic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Since then, other composers have written for it, most...
s were added, and a third woodwind in the last two. Only the Eighth has harp, and percussion besides timpani (though legend has it the Seventh is supposed to have a cymbal clash at the exact moment Wagner died). The slow movement is second except for No. 8, No. 9, and the first version of No. 2.
- Symphony in F minorStudy SymphonyAnton Bruckner's Study Symphony in F minor, , or simply Symphony in F minor, WAB 99, was written in 1863 as an exercise under Otto Kitzler's instruction in form and orchestration. Scholars at first believed that the next symphony Bruckner wrote was Symphony No. 0 in D minor, thus this symphony is...
, "Study" 1863 WAB 99 - Symphony No. 1 in C minorSymphony No. 1 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 in C minor was the first symphony the composer thought worthy of performing, and bequeathing to the Vienna national library. Chronologically, it comes after the Study Symphony in F minor and before Symphony No. 0 in D minor. The first version of the Symphony No. 2...
WAB 101- 1866 version "Linzer"
- 1877 revised version "Linzer"
- 1891 version "Wiener"
- Symphony in B-flat major (WAB 142), a first movement was sketched in 1869 but Bruckner did no further work on it afterwards.
- Symphony No. 0 in D minorSymphony No. 0 (Bruckner)This Symphony in D minor composed by Anton Bruckner was not assigned a number by its composer, and has subsequently become known by the German designation Die Nullte .-Composition:...
1869 WAB 100 - Symphony No. 2 in C minorSymphony No. 2 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in C minor was completed in 1872, and revised, like most of Bruckner's other symphonies, at various points thereafter....
WAB 102- 1872 version with the Scherzo second and the Adagio third
- 1877 version with the Adagio second and the Scherzo third
- 1892 version
- Symphony No. 3 in D minorSymphony No. 3 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3 in D minor was dedicated to Richard Wagner and is sometimes known as his "Wagner Symphony". It was written in 1873, revised in 1877 and again in 1891....
WAB 103- 1873 version
- 1876 version. A new Adagio, plus a coda for the Scherzo (not retained in the next two versions)
- 1877 version. Some Wagner quotations were removed.
- 1889 version
- Symphony No. 4 in E-flat majorSymphony No. 4 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major is one of the composer's most popular works. It was written in 1874 and revised several times through 1888. It was dedicated to Prince Konstantin of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. It was premiered in 1881 by Hans Richter in Vienna with great success...
1874/1878/1880 WAB 104- 1874 version
- 1878 version. A new "Hunting" Scherzo and the "Volkfest" Finale
- 1880 version
- Symphony No. 5 in B-flat majorSymphony No. 5 (Bruckner)The Symphony No. 5 in B flat major of Anton Bruckner was written in 1875–1876, with a few minor changes over the next few years. It was first performed in public on two pianos by Joseph Schalk and Franz Zottmann on 20 April 1887 at the Bösendorfersaal in Vienna...
1876 WAB 105 - Symphony No. 6 in A majorSymphony No. 6 (Bruckner)Symphony No. 6 in A major by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner is a work in four movements composed between September 24, 1879 and September 3, 1881 and dedicated to his landlord, Dr. Anton van Ölzelt-Newin. Though it possesses many characteristic features of a Bruckner symphony, it differs the...
1881 WAB 106 - Symphony No. 7 in E majorSymphony No. 7 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E major is one of his best-known symphonies. It was written between 1881 and 1883 and was revised in 1885. It is dedicated to Ludwig II of Bavaria. The premiere, given under Arthur Nikisch and the Gewandhaus Orchestra in the opera house at Leipzig on 30...
1883 WAB 107 - Symphony No. 8 in C minorSymphony No. 8 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is the last Symphony the composer completed. It exists in two major versions of 1887 and 1890. It was premiered under conductor Hans Richter in 1892 in Vienna...
WAB 108- 1887 version
- 1890 version. A third woodwind, harp in the Trio, fewer cymbal clashes in the Adagio
- Symphony No. 9 in D minorSymphony No. 9 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D minor is the last Symphony upon which he worked, leaving the last movement incomplete at the time of his death in 1896. The symphony was premiered under Ferdinand Löwe in Vienna in 1903, after Bruckner's death...
1896 WAB 109
Chamber music
- String Quartet in C minorString Quartet (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's String Quartet in C minor WAB 111 was written in 1862 as a student exercise for Otto Kitzler, a preliminary to exercises in orchestration...
1862 WAB 111 - Abendklänge in E minor 1866 WAB 110
- String Quintet in F majorString Quintet (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 was written in 1879 at the request of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and dedicated to Duke Max Emanuel of Bavaria...
1879 WAB 112 - Intermezzo in D minorString Quintet (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's String Quintet in F major, WAB 112 was written in 1879 at the request of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and dedicated to Duke Max Emanuel of Bavaria...
1879 WAB 113
Brass ensemble music
- Two Aequale in C minor JAN 1847 WAB 114 and WAB 149
- March in E-flat major 1865 WAB 116
Solo piano music
Most of Bruckner's piano music was written for teaching purposes, though some of it exhibits oddities of the pianos of his day (e.g., the "bassoon" stop in one of the Quadrilles).- Four "Lancier-Quadrille aus beliebten Opernmelodien zusammengestellt" in C major c. 1850 WAB 120
- "Steiermärker" in G major c. 1850 WAB 122
- Six "Quadrille" for piano four hands c. 1854 WAB 121
- Three short pieces for children for piano four hands (G major, G major, F major) 1855 WAB 124
- Klavierstück in E-flat major c. 1856 WAB 119
- Sonatensatz in G minor 1862 WAB deest
- "Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend" in F-sharp minor 1863 WAB 123
- "Erinnerung" in A-flat major c. 1868 WAB 117
- Fantasie in G major 1868 WAB 118
Some other small student pieces of 1862, which are found in the Kitzler-Studienbuch, have not been edited or WAB classified.
Music for organ
Although Bruckner was a renowned organist, he made only a few works for this instrument.- Four Preludes in E-flat major c. 1836 WAB 128
- Prelude in E-flat major c. 1837 WAB 127
- Prelude in D minor c. 1846 WAB 130
- Prelude and Fugue in C minor 1847 WAB 131
- Postlude in D minor 1852 WAB 126
- Fugue in D minor 1861 WAB 125
- Prelude in C major 1884 WAB 129
- Improvisationsskizze Bad Ischl 1890 WAB deest, based on the Finale of Symphony No. 1Symphony No. 1 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 in C minor was the first symphony the composer thought worthy of performing, and bequeathing to the Vienna national library. Chronologically, it comes after the Study Symphony in F minor and before Symphony No. 0 in D minor. The first version of the Symphony No. 2...
The Preludes WAB 127 and WAB 128, as well as a few other WAB-unclassified works, which have been found in Bruckner's Präludienbuch, are of uncertain authorship.
Sacred choral music
After becoming acquainted with the music of Wagner, Bruckner composed significantly fewer sacred choral compositions. But he never forgot about his sacred choral music and occasionally revised some of it.Large-scale works
While the Masses are set to the traditional Latin texts still used by the Catholic Church in Bruckner's time, Bruckner used Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible for his Psalm settings.- Windhaager Messe in C major 1842 WAB 25
- Messe für den Gründonnerstag "Christus factus est" 1844 WAB 9
- Kronstorfer Messe in D minor c. 1844 WAB 146
- Requiem in D minorRequiem (Bruckner)The Requiem in D minor WAB 39 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the Missa pro defunctis for vocal soloists, trombones, one horn, strings and organ with figured bass, written to memorialize Franz Sailer, the notary of the St. Florian monastery, who bequeathed Bruckner a Bösendorfer piano...
1849 WAB 39 - Cantata "Entsagen" 1851 WAB 14
- MagnificatMagnificat (Bruckner)The Magnificat WAB 24 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the Magnificat for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ written in 1852. It was premiered in Sankt Florian, as Bruckner had specifically composed it for the Vesper service of the church there...
in B-flat major 1852 WAB 24 - Psalm 22Psalm 22 (Bruckner)Bruckner's Psalm 22 is a composition for mixed choir, soloists , and piano in E flat major, opus WAB 34. It is a setting of the Psalm 23 in the modern liturgy....
in E-flat major c. 1852 WAB 34 - Psalm 114Psalm 114 (Bruckner)Bruckner's Psalm 114 in G major is a composition for five-part mixed choir and three trombones, opus WAB 36. It is a setting of the Psalm 116 in the modern liturgy.The work was composed in 1852 in St. Florian...
in G major 1852 WAB 36 - Missa Solemnis in B-flat minorMissa Solemnis (Bruckner)The Missa Solemnis WAB 29 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ.Following the death of Michael Arneth, Friedrich Mayr was appointed abbot of St. Florian. The Missa Solemnis was premiered on September 14, 1854, the day of Mayr's...
1854 WAB 29 - Psalm 146Psalm 146 (Bruckner)Psalm 146 in A major by Anton Bruckner is a large religious work for eight-part double mixed choir, four soloists and full orchestra. It is a setting of verses 1 to 11 of Psalm 147 in the modern liturgy....
in A major 1845-1856? WAB 37 - Festive Cantata "Preiset den Herrn" 1862 WAB 16
- Psalm 112Psalm 112 (Bruckner)Bruckner's Psalm 112 in E flat major is a composition for eight-part double mixed choir and full orchestra, opus WAB 35. It is a setting of the Psalm 113 in the modern liturgy....
in B-flat major 1863 WAB 35 - Mass in D minorMass No. 1 (Bruckner)Mass No. 1 in D minor, WAB 26 by Anton Bruckner, is a setting of the Mass ordinary for soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and organ.Bruckner composed it in 1864, and revised it in 1876 and 1881/82...
1864/1876/1881 WAB 26 - Mass in E minorMass No. 2 (Bruckner)The Mass No. 2 in E minor, WAB 27, by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus and wind band. Bruckner wrote it to celebrate the construction of a new church....
1866/1869/1876/1882 WAB 27 - Mass in F minorMass No. 3 (Bruckner)The Mass No. 3 in F minor WAB 28 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the mass ordinary for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra and organ. After the 1867 success of Bruckner's Mass No...
1868/1872/1876/1877/1881/1883/1893 WAB 28 - Te DeumTe Deum (Bruckner)The Te Deum in C major WAB 45 by Anton Bruckner is a setting of the early Christian Te Deum hymn text for chorus, soloists and orchestra, and organ ad libitum...
in C major 1881/1884 WAB 45 - Psalm 150Psalm 150 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Psalm 150, WAB 38, is a setting of Psalm 150 for mixed chorus, soprano soloist and orchestra written in 1892.Richard Heuberger asked Bruckner for a festive hymn to celebrate an opening, but Bruckner did not deliver the piece in time for Heuberger's purpose. The setting was...
in C major 1892 WAB 38
Motets
- "Pange lingua" C major 1836?/1891 WAB 31
- "Libera" F major c. 1843 WAB 21
- "Asperges me" c. 1844 WAB 3
- "Herz-Jesu-Lied" c. 1845 WAB 144 (authorship uncertain)
- "O du liebes Jesu Kind" c. 1845 WAB 145 (authorship uncertain)
- "Asperges me" in F major c. 1845 WAB 4
- "Tantum ergo" A major c. 1845 WAB 43
- "Tantum ergo" (Pange lingua) c. 1845 WAB 32
- "Dir, Herr, Dir will ich mich ergeben" 1845 WAB 12
- Four "Tantum ergo" B-flat, A-flat, E-flat, C 1846/1888 WAB 41
- "Tantum ergo" D major FEB 1846/1888 WAB 42
- Passion Chorale "In jener letzten der Nächte" c. 1848 WAB 17
- Totenlieder E-flat major 1852 WAB 47
- Totenlieder F major 1852 WAB 48
- Von Arneths Grab 1854 WAB 53, lyrics by Ernst Marinelli
- "Tantum ergo" B-flat major c. 1854 WAB 44
- "Libera" F minor 1854 WAB 22
- Festive Song "St. Jodok, Spross aus edlem Stamm" 1855 WAB 15
- "Ave Maria" in F major 24 July 1856 WAB 5
- "Ave Maria" for 7-part chorus 1861 WAB 6
- "Afferentur regi" 13 December 1861 WAB 1
- "Am Grabe" (Grabgesang) 1861 WAB 2, lyrics by Ernst Marinelli
- Trauungschor 8 January 1865 WAB 49, lyrics by Franz Isidor ProschkoFranz Isidor ProschkoFranz Isidor Proschko was a Nineteenth Century Austrian author.-Early Life:From 1828 He attended the high school in Ceske Budejovice and then studied at the University in Prague Civil and Criminal Law...
- "Pange lingua" & "Tantum ergo" (Phrygian) 31 January 1868 WAB 33
- "Iam lucis orto sidere" 1868/1886 WAB 18
- "Inveni David" 21 APRIL 1868 WAB 19
- "Locus iste" 11 August 1869 WAB 23
- "Christus factus est" 1873 at the earliest WAB 10
- "Tota pulchra es Maria" 30 March 1878 WAB 46
- "Inveni David" 1879 WAB 20
- "Os justi" July 1879 WAB 30
- "Ave Maria" in F major 5 February 1882 WAB 7
- "Christus factus est" D minor 28 MAY 1884 WAB 11
- "Salvum fac populum tuum" 14 November 1884 WAB 40
- Veni Creator Spiritus 1884 at the latest WAB 50
- "Ave Regina caelorum" 1885 c. 8 WAB 8
- "Ecce sacerdos magnus" APRIL 1885 WAB 13
- "Virga Jesse floruit" 3 September 1885 WAB 52
- "Vexilla regis" 9 February 1892 WAB 51
Secular choral music
Bruckner's secular choral music is mostly for men's choirs, and the texts are always in German.- An dem Feste 1843, and later WAB 59, lyrics by Alois Knauer
- Cantata Vergissmeinnicht 1845 WAB 93
- Das Lied vom deutschen Vaterland c. 1845 WAB 78, unknown lyricist
- Mild wie Bäche sketch for a lied, c. 1845 WAB 138
- "Wie des Bächleins Silberquelle" sketch for a song for two sopranos and piano, c. 1845 WAB 137
- Festlied c. 1846 WAB 67
- Ständchen c. 1846 WAB 84, lyrics possibly by Ernst Marinelli
- Der Lehrerstand c. 1847 WAB 77, lyrics possibly by Ernst Marinelli
- Sternschnuppen c. 1848 WAB 85, lyrics by Ernst Marinelli
- Ein jubelnd Hoch 1851 WAB 83/1
- Lebt wohl, ihr Sangesbrüder 1851 WAB 83/2
- Frühlingslied 1851 WAB 68, lyrics by Heinrich Heine
- Die Geburt 1851 WAB 69, unknown lyricist
- Two Sängersprüche 1851 WAB 83
- Das edle Herz for male chorus c. 1851 WAB 65, lyrics by Ernst Marinelli
- Cantata Auf Brüder! auf zur frohen Feier 1852 WAB 61
- Lasst Jubelklänge laut erklingen 1854 WAB 76, unknown lyricist
- Cantata Auf Brüder, auf, and die Saiten zur Hand 1855 WAB 60
- Des Dankes Wort sie mir gegönnt 1855 WAB 62, lyrics by Ernst Marinelli
- Amaranths Waldeslieder c. 1858 WAB 58, lyrics by Josef Winter
- Du bist wie eine Blume 5 DEC 1861 WAB 64, lyrics by Heinrich Heine
- Das edle Herz for mixed chorus 1861 WAB 66, lyrics by Ernst Marinelli
- Volkslied c. 1861 WAB 94, lyrics by Oskar von Redwitz
- Der Abendhimmel I in A-flat major JAN 1862 WAB 55, lyrics by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zeidlitz
- Germanenzug 1863 WAB 70, lyrics by August Silberstein
- Herbstlied 1864 WAB 73, lyrics by Friedrich von SalletFriedrich von SalletFriedrich von Sallet was a German writer, most notable for his political and religion-critiquing poems.-Biography:...
- Um Mitternacht I 12 APRIL 1864 WAB 89, lyrics by Robert Prutz
- Der Abendhimmel II in F major 6 DEC 1866 WAB 56, lyrics by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zeidlitz
- Des Höchsten Preis, des Vaterlandes Ruhm (Motto of the Sierninger Liedertafel) c. 1868 lyrics by Andreas Mittermayr
- Vaterländisches Weinlied 1866 WAB 91, lyrics by August Silberstein
- O könnt' ich dich beglücken (Vaterlandslied) NOV 1866 WAB 92, lyrics by August Silberstein
- Im April 1868 WAB 75, lyrics by Emanuel Geibel
- Mein Herz und deine Stimme 1868 WAB 79, lyrics by August von Platen
- Wahlspruch für die Liedertafel Sierning, Das Frauenherz, die Mannesbrust 1868 WAB 95 lyrics by Karl Kerschbaum
- Herbstkummer c. 1868 WAB 72, lyrics by Ernst
- Mitternacht 1870 WAB 80
- Das hohe Lied 1876 WAB 74
- Nachruf 1877 WAB 81
- Trösterin Musik 1877 WAB 88
- Abendzauber 1878 WAB 57
- Zur Vermählungsfeier 1878 WAB 54
- Sängerbund 1882 WAB 82
- Um Mitternacht II 1886 WAB 90
- Träumen und Wachen 1890 WAB 87
- Das deutsche Lied 1892 WAB 63
- Helgoland 1893 WAB 71, lyrics by August Silberstein
- Tafellied 1893 WAB 86
Attributed to Bruckner
- Apollo-March in E-Flat major (1857, WAB 115) is actually by Kéler BélaKéler BélaVojtech Keler also known as Adalbert Paul von Kéler was a Slovak composer and conductor....
. Bruckner did copy in the instrumentation for his own March in E-flat major (1865, WAB 116), and to a lesser extent the structure, but Bruckner's harmonies have little in common with his model. - Symphonic Prelude in C minor (1875-1876), which has also been attributed to Gustav MahlerGustav MahlerGustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
and Bruckner's student Rudolf Krzyzanowski. According to BJ. Cohrs it seems clear from the stylistic examination that the musical material of this ouverture-like symphonic movement is all Bruckner's, particular because some of the ideas even anticipate some music from the Ninth SymphonySymphony No. 9 (Bruckner)Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D minor is the last Symphony upon which he worked, leaving the last movement incomplete at the time of his death in 1896. The symphony was premiered under Ferdinand Löwe in Vienna in 1903, after Bruckner's death...
, which certainly nobody can have known already in 1876.
The Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
Published by Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag in Vienna, it actually comprises three different editions. The first, by Robert HaasRobert Haas
Robert Haas may refer to:*Robert Haas , Austrian musicologist*Robert Haas , American calligrapher, typographer, photographer and book designer*Robert Haas , German clergyman and ecumenist...
, includes 'hybrid' scores for Symphonies 2 and 8 and other similar conflations for some other revised works. Then Leopold Nowak
Leopold Nowak
Leopold Nowak was a musicologist chiefly known for editing the works by Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society. He reconstructed the original form of some of those works, most of which had been revised and edited many times.Nowak was born in Vienna, Austria. He studied piano and...
went about publishing several versions of some works, in the process correcting some mistakes of Haas. Now Paul Hawkshaw is in the process of reviewing and further correcting the work of Haas and Nowak.
- Band I/1 I. Symphonie c-Moll, Linzer Fassung, 1866
- Band dazu I/1 urprüngliches Adagio, ältere Scherzo-Komposition
- Band I/2 I. Symphonie c-Moll, Wiener Fassung, 1890/91
- Band II/1 II. Symphonie c-Moll, 1. Fassung 1872
- Band II/2 II. Symphonie c-Moll, 2. Fassung 1877
- Band III/1 III. Symphonie d-Moll, 1. Fassung 1873
- Band dazu III/1 Adagio Nr. 2 1876
- Band III/2 III. Symphonie d-Moll, 2. Fassung 1877
- Band III/3 III. Symphonie d-Moll, 3. Fassung 1889
- Band IV/1 IV. Symphonie Es-Dur, 1. Fassung 1874
- Band IV/2 IV. Symphonie Es-Dur, 2. Fassung 1878 mit Finale 1880
- Band dazu IV/2 Finale 1878
- Band V V. Symphonie B-Dur 1878
- Band VI VI. Symphonie A-Dur 1881
- Band VII VII. Symphonie E-Dur 1883
- Band VIII/1 VIII. Symphonie c-Moll, 1. Fassung 1887
- Band VIII/2 VIII. Symphonie c-Moll, 2. Fassung 1890
- Band IX IX. Symphonie d-Moll 1894
- Band dazu IX Finale-Fragment 1895/96. Studien
- Band zum 4. Satz
- Band dazu IX älteres Trio 1893. Studien
- Band zum 2. Satz
- Band X Studiensymphonie f-Moll 1863
- Band XI Symphonie d-Moll ("Nullte") 1869
- Band XII/1 Rondo c-Moll für Streichquartett 1862
- Band XII/2 Werke für Klavier zwei Händen 1850-1868
- Band XII/3 Werke für Klavier zwei Händen 1853-1855
- Band XII/4 Vier Orchesterstücke 1862
- Band XII/5 Ouvertüre g-Moll 1863
- Band XII/6 Werke für Orgel 1836-1884
- Band XII/7 Abendklänge für Violine und Klavier 1866
- Band XII/8 Marsch Es-Dur für Blasmusik 1865
- Band XIII/1 Streichquartett c-Moll 1861/62
- Band XIII/2 Streichquintett F-Dur/Intermezzo d-Moll 1878/1879
- Band XIV Requiem d-Moll 1849
- Band XV Missa Solemnis in B 1854
- Band XVI Messe d-Moll 1864
- Band XVII/1 Messe e-Moll, 1. Fassung 1866
- Band XVII/2 Messe e-Moll, 2. Fassung 1882
- Band XVIII Messe f-Moll 1867/1868
- Band XIX Te Deum
- Band XX/1 Psalm 114 1852
- Band XX/2 Psalm 22 1852
- Band XX/3 Magnificat 1852
- Band XX/4 Psalm 146 1856/58
- Band XX/5 Psalm 112 1863
- Band XX/6 Psalm 150 1892
- Band XXI Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke 1835-1892
- Band XXII/1-5 Namenstags-Kantaten 1845-1855
- Band XXII/6 Fest-Kantate 1862
- Band XXII/7 Germanenzug 1864
- Band XXII/8 Helgoland 1893
- Band XXIII/1 Lieder für Gesang und Klavier
- Band XXIII/2 Weltliche Chorwerke
- Band XXIV/1 Briefe 1852-1886
- Band XXIV/2 Briefe 1887-1896
Bruckner's correspondence is not musical composition, but is included in the Gesamtausgabe since it answers some questions about the music.