Anton Bruckner composed about 20 lieder during his life, the earliest in c. 1845, the last in 1882. Most of the lieder were composed during his stay in the St. Florian Abbey (1845–1855) and his tuition by Otto Kitzler (1861–1862).[1]
During his stay in St. Florian and in Linz before Kitzler's tuition, Bruckner made sketches for two lieder and composed three lieder.
During the beginning of his stay in St. Florian, Bruckner made sketches for two lieder:[2]
Thereafter, Bruckner composed three lieder:
The lieder and sketches, which Bruckner composed in 1861–1862 as exercises during Kitzler's tuition,[15] are found in the Kitzler-Studienbuch:[16]
After the end of Kitzler's tuition, during his later stay in Linz and in Vienna, Bruckner composed four other lieder:
These lieder are edited in Band XXIII/1, Nos. 3 to 6, of the Gesamtausgabe:[5]
Five commercial recordings contain Bruckner's lieder:
