William Carragan, American musicologist, is particularly known for his research into the music of

Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

. His primary concerns are analytical aspects of the music, and history of Bruckner performance. He is a contributing editor of the Bruckner Collected Edition in Vienna, sponsored by the

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Career

He was Professor of Physics at

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in Troy, New York, U.S.A., from 1965 to 2001, and is the author of a comprehensive four-volume textbook of introductory university physics.

Bruckner Editions

For the Collected Edition, at the request of

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, Carragan prepared a new edition of Bruckner's Second Symphony in two versions (1872 and 1877).
Carragan reconstructed for the first time the first version of Bruckner's

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(1866), the previously unheard versions of the

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from 1874 and 1876, and of the Fourth from 1878, as well as the 1888 intermediate versions of the Eighth.
He has also devoted himself to completing Bruckner's

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symphony. That completion has been widely performed and recorded, the most recently in a revised version from 2017. Carragan has served as consultant in many performances of Bruckner symphonies.
In 1991 he was accorded the Gold-Plakette of the Brucknerbund Oberösterreich, and in 2010 he was awarded the Kilenyi Medal of Honor of the

Bruckner Society of America Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germa ...

. William Carragan is the author of the book ''Anton Bruckner: Eleven Symphonies'' – a "Red Book" on the different versions of Bruckner's Symphonies issued by the Bruckner Society of America.

Schubert Editions

For the

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

anniversary of 1978, Carragan completed and performed several of Schubert's unfinished piano sonatas, and ten years later he prepared a four-movement version of the Schubert's Eighth symphony which has been recently recorded in Germany and Japan.

Other Works

With respect to the baroque era, Carragan made arrangements of a concerto for four violins by

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, Op. 3, no. 1, for four harpsichord, as well as a concerto for two violins, Op. 3, no. 8, arranged after J.S. Bach for two harpsichords.Presentation of Carragan
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carragan, William 1937 births Living people American musicologists People from Troy, New York