Symphonie Nr. 4 Es-Dur ("Romantische")

As the 1889 first printed edition was engraved from the manuscript of Bruckner's completely revised version of 1888, the former corresponds almost entirely with the latter, the exceptions consisting in a number of revisions not considered authentic.

This was the only version of the Fourth Symphony that was published and available for performance before the appearance of Robert Haas’s edition of the 1878/80 version in 1936. In the wake of Haas’s work, the 1888 version was widely regarded as a corruption of Bruckner’s true wishes and went into eclipse. Recent research has revealed, however, that the 1888 version was prepared, performed, and published with the composer’s full participation and approval and thus has its own place in the Complete Edition alongside the earlier versions.

Instrumentation: 3 (1. also picc.),2,2,2-4,3,3,1-Timp-Str