Anton Bruckner -- Happy 200th!

[raydm6]

I literally had never heard of him. Sounds like he's worth discovering.

Can't say why Bruckner got his own Leica commemorative, though.

Looks like they were commissioned:

The Different Leica M6 Variations - Jo Geier

Since there are so many different models of one of the most popular Leica camera, we thought we could shed some light into this and list all variations known to us until today. May it will help you to choose the M6 you are looking for.

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1996 – M6 Platin / Platinum Anton Bruckner​

The Austrian Leica distributor ordered 200 cameras with Elmar-M 2.8/50mm to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.

Product Code: 10454 Set

Product Code: 10425 Body

Product Code: 11839 Len

Leica M6 Platinum Bruckner

200 Platinum M6's were made in 1996 to honor the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner 100years after his death. They were commissioned by the Austrian distributor ofLeica, Leitz-Austria.

 

[KoNickon]

The Fouth B has always seemed like the cousin we should have invited over more. I had a piano collection the Three B’s when I was first learning piano. Naturally any fourth B was going to struggle to break into a club of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. But on the radio I hear so many more Mahler and Tchaikovsky symphonies, and so much less Shostakovich and Bruckner. Maybe I’ve heard Bruckner once on the radio in twelve months.

Somehow Bruckner never quite makes the cut. (That sporting analogy I always associate with golf, the elimination of players above a certain score from playing the final two rounds. Not inapposite to discussion of Bruckner. Occasionally Rory McIlroy will miss the cut.)

Oh, you're right, it's really a golf term. I think Bruckner is maybe a little too requiring of sitting down and listening all the way through than the other three -- just dipping into a movement of one of the symphonies doesn't give enough of the "Bruckner experience," if you will. And patience for long unfamiliar pieces of music is rather in short supply these days. And really, by and large he didn't write other than symphonies, choral works and organ pieces, so if you're a chamber music or concerto person, there's not much for you in Bruckner.

 

[Richard G]

Oh, you're right, it's really a golf term. I think Bruckner is maybe a little too requiring of sitting down and listening all the way through than the other three -- just dipping into a movement of one of the symphonies doesn't give enough of the "Bruckner experience," if you will. And patience for long unfamiliar pieces of music is rather in short supply these days. And really, by and large he didn't write other than symphonies, choral works and organ pieces, so if you're a chamber music or concerto person, there's not much for you in Bruckner.

In golf, this is an ace. Great analysis.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Oh, you're right, it's really a golf term. I think Bruckner is maybe a little too requiring of sitting down and listening all the way through than the other three -- just dipping into a movement of one of the symphonies doesn't give enough of the "Bruckner experience," if you will. And patience for long unfamiliar pieces of music is rather in short supply these days. And really, by and large he didn't write other than symphonies, choral works and organ pieces, so if you're a chamber music or concerto person, there's not much for you in Bruckner.

Patience for anything intellectually demanding is in very short supply these days, and even non-commercial stations don't want to risk alienating their audiences. Give 'em some good foot-stompin' Beethoven and keep 'em happy!

 

[Out to Lunch]

I am surprised Leica issued a 'Bruckner M' since, unfortunately for Bruckner, his music had been appropriated by the Nazis.

 

[Richard G]

I heard the Sixth of Tchaikovsky three times in a month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, twice on our very woke Australian ABC. The program was hosted by a very impartial Scot. Rachmaninov always well aired at any time. Shostakovich’s Fifth on the car radio last week.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

I am surprised Leica issued a 'Bruckner M' since, unfortunately for Bruckner, his music had been appropriated by the Nazis.

The Nazis appropriated anything they thought would help the war effort, either materially or as propaganda. That included Leicas, although it's well-documented that the company went to great efforts to protect Jewish workers.

 

[Out to Lunch]

I dug a bit deeper and it appears the Bruckner M was commissioned by Leitz-Austria Vertriebs GmbH, an Austrian Leica distributor: Austrian distributor -> Austrian composer.

 

[Jonathan R]

I literally had never heard of him. Sounds like he's worth discovering.

Can't say why Bruckner got his own Leica commemorative, though.

If you are familiar with any Mahler, Rott’s one and only symphony is a jaw-dropping revelation. I can recommend Paavo Järvi’s recording.

 

[santino]

Why Lenny Kravitz?

 

[Out to Lunch]

Why Lenny Kravitz?

Elvis had left the building.

 

[Out to Lunch]

For those suffering from Bruckner GAS:

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