# List of piano compositions by Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner composed about fifty small piano works, the earliest in 1850, the last in 1868.

## Works for piano for two hands

Seven works are edited in Band XII/2 of the Bruckner's Gesamtausgabe. These works were mainly composed for his piano pupils during his stay in St. Florian (1845–1855) and in Linz (1855–1868).
* Four Lancier-Quadrille, WAB 120, in C major, compiled in c. 1850 from melodies from Albert Lortzing's Der Wildschütz and Zar und Zimmermann, and Gaetano Donizetti's La fille du régiment, as exercise for his piano pupil Aloisia Bogner: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/2, No. 1
* Steiermärker (From Steiermark), WAB 122, a 32-bar long piece in G major, composed also in c. 1850 for Aloisia Bogner: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/2, No. 2 It is a kind of stylised Ländler in A-B-C-A form.
* Klavierstück, WAB 119, an 18-bar long "piece for piano" in E-flat major, composed in c. 1856 for teaching purpose: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/2, No. 3
* Sonatensatz, WAB 243, a 194-bar long first "movement of a sonata" in G minor, found on pp. 157–164 of the Kitzler-Studienbuch: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/2, No. 7 (Addendum). The partially missing score for the left hand has been completed by Walburga Litschauer.
* Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend (Quiet meditation on an autumn evening), WAB 123, a 58-bar long piece in F-sharp minor. A paraphrase of Mendelssohn's Lied ohne Worte opus 30, No. 6, which Bruckner composed on 10 October 1863 for Emma Thanner: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/2, No. 4
* Fantasie, WAB 118, a 119-bar long, two-part "fantasia" in G major composed on 10 September 1868 for Alexandrine Soika: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/2, No. 5
* Erinnerung (Remembrance), WAB 117, a 52-bar long piece in A-flat major composed in c. 1868: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/2, No. 6

### Piano works composed during Kitzler's tuition

About fifty other piano works, which Bruckner composed in 1862 during Kitzler's tuition, are found in the Kitzler-Studienbuch: A not exhaustive list:
* Walzer in E-flat major, WAB 224/1 (p. 25)
* Walzer in C major, WAB 224/2 (p. 26)
* Four Polkas in C major, WAB 221 (pp. 27-28)
* Galopp in C major, WAB 239 (p. 29)
* Mazurca in A minor, WAB 218 (p. 29)
* Menuett in C major, WAB 219 (p. 30)
* Unnamed exercise in C major (p. 30)
* Two musical periods in C major (p. 31)
* Menuett and Trio in G major, WAB 220 (p. 35)
* Marsch in C major, WAB 217/1 (p. 36)
* Marsch in D minor, WAB 217/2 (p. 37)
* Duo in A minor, WAB 213 (p. 39)
* Marsch in F major, WAB 217/3 (p. 41)
* Andante für Klavier in E-flat major, WAB 211/1 (p. 49)
* Andante für Klavier D minor, WAB 211/2 (pp. 50-51)
* Etüde in G major, WAB 214 (pp. 77–78)
* Chromatische Etüde in F major, WAB 212 (pp. 79-80)
* Five Variationen über ein Thema, WAB 223
** Theme and variations in G major: p. 81
** Theme and variations in A major: pp. 82–83
** Theme and variations in A major: p. 84; also p. 86
** Theme and variations in G major: pp. 84–85
** Theme and variations in G major: pp. 87–90
* Theme in F major (p. 90)
* Seven rondos, WAB 222
** Rondo in G major (pp. 105-108)
** Rondo in C minor (pp. 109-111)
** Rondo in D minor (pp. 112-115)
** Rondo in F major (pp. 116-121)
** Rondo in G major (pp. 122-125)
** Rondo in E minor (pp. 126-129)
** Rondo in E-flat major (pp. 130-134)
* Five Sonatenentwürfe, WAB 242 (pp. 140–156)
* Four Fantasien
** Fantasie in D minor: pp. 213–214
** Fantasie in C minor: pp. 215–216
** Fantasie in E-flat major: pp. 216–217
** Fantasie in F major: pp. 217–218
* Five Klavierstücke, WAB 216 (pp. 225-227)

## Works for piano for four hands

* Drei kleine Stücke, WAB 124, three easy pieces (G major, G major and F major), composed in 1853, 1854 and 1855 for the children of Josef Marböck, to be played on their father's birthday: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/3, No. 1
* Quadrille, WAB 121, composed in c. 1854 for Marie Ruckensteiner Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/3, No. 2. It consists of six parts: Pantalon (A major), Été (D major), Poule (A major), Trénis (F major), Pastourelle (D minor) and Finale (E major). An Straussian orchestration of the piece by Wolfgang Dörner (*1959) was premiered by Christian Thielemann during the 2024 New Year's Concert.

## Selected discography

There are about 10 recordings of Erinnerung, WAB 117. The other piano compositions are much less recorded.
Seven recordings are dedicated to Bruckner's piano works:
* Wolfgang Brunner and Michael Schopper, Anton Bruckner – Piano works – CD: CPO 999 256–2, 1996 (all the piano works issued in Band XII/2 and Band XII/3)
* Fumiko Shiraga, Anton Bruckner – Piano works – CD: Bis-CD-1297, 2001 (the works issued in Band XII/2)
* Ana-Marija Markovina and Rudolf Meister, Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), Piano Works – Hänssler Classic, HC17054, 2018 (all the piano works issued in Band XII/2 and Band XII/3, as well as 13 piano works from the Kitzler Study Book)
* Francesco Pasqualotto, Bruckner Complete Piano Music – CD Brilliant Classics 95619, 2019 (the works issued in Band XII/2, and 21 piano works from the Kitzler Study Book)
* Todor Petrov, Bruckner - L'œuvre pour piano seul - CD Forgotten Records FR 1998/9, 2021 (the works issued in Band XII/2, and 39 piano works from the Kitzler Study Book)
* Christoph Eggner, Anton Bruckner - Klavierstücke aus dem Kitzler-Studienbuch - CD Gramola 99282, 2023 (24 piano works from the Kitzler Study Book on a restored Bösendorfer fortepiano which has belonged to Bruckner)
* Mari Kodama Bruckner Piano Works – SACD PENTATONE PTC 5187 224, 2024 (the works issued in Band XII/2, and 10 piano works from the Kitzler Study Book)