While I already had a good sized LP collection, I was steered more by what Columbia and RCA were offering on their label at the time and Bruckner was not prominently marketed. Then one day, I pulled out the new Jochum/DGG boxed set that the library recently acquired. Some music did occasionally pull my attention away from my reading and I began to develop my individual musical inclinations. In many cases, I would put on a record, start to read and before long, my reading was interrupted by the record coming to an end. Gradually, I worked through their collection. At the time, I was very interested in classical music (my first musical attraction was movie soundtracks) so I decided to study in the library's music room where I could listen to their collection of LPs via headphones while I studied. John Berky: When I was a freshman at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, I found that it was too noisy and distracting to study in my dormitory, so I studied in the college library. I will be happy to share your experience. If you are the victim of "Bruckner's thunderbolt," let me know. Of course, many people come to appreciate Bruckner's music gradually, but my theory is that the unique quality of Bruckner's music can often have an immediate effect and profound effect on a person.īelow is my experience and those of other people that I have gathered. It certainly was the case for me (see below). Perhaps it is just a theory of mine but it seems that many people who are attracted to Bruckner's music were struck by it the very first time they heard it. Bruckner and the "Thunderbolt" Phenomenon
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