Editing Anton Bruckner (section)

=== Teacher's education ===
[[File:St. Florian - Stift (2).JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|[[St Florian's Priory]], where Bruckner lived on many occasions during his life]]
Bruckner's father died in 1837, when Bruckner was 13 years old. The teacher's position and house were given to a successor, and Bruckner was sent to the [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] [[St. Florian Monastery|monastery]] in [[Sankt Florian]] to become a choirboy.<ref name="Grebe-1972"/>{{sfn|Watson|1997|page=3}} In addition to choir practice, his education included violin and organ lessons. Bruckner was in awe of the monastery's great organ, which was built during the late baroque era and rebuilt in 1837, and he sometimes played it during church services. <!--Later, the organ was to be called the "Bruckner Organ".{{cn|date=September 2024}}--> From October 1840 to July 1841, Bruckner undertook further training at the teacher-training school in [[Linz]].<ref name="d394">{{harvnb|Kinder|2000|page=26}}</ref> His teacher of harmony and choral singing was August Durrnberger, who became a friend and would later persuade Bruckner to take up the role of a cathedral organist.<ref name="d394"/><ref name="w509">{{cite book | last=Williamson | first=John | title=The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner | publisher=Cambridge University Press | publication-place=Cambridge | date=2004-07-15 | isbn=978-0-521-00878-5 | page=17}}</ref>

After completing the seminar with an excellent grade, Bruckner was sent as an assistant teacher to a school in [[Windhaag bei Freistadt|Windhaag]]. The living standards and pay were appalling and Bruckner was constantly humiliated by his superior, teacher Franz Fuchs. Despite the difficult situation, Bruckner never complained or rebelled; a belief in his own inferiority was to remain one of Bruckner's main personal traits during his whole life. He stayed at Windhaag from age 17 to 19, teaching general subjects.

[[Prelate]] {{ill|Michael Arneth|de|Michael Arneth (Propst)}} noticed Bruckner's bad situation in Windhaag and awarded him an assistant teacher position in the vicinity of the monastic town of Sankt Florian, sending him to [[Kronstorf]] an der [[Enns (river)|Enns]] for two years. Here he would be able to have more of a part in musical activity. The time in Kronstorf was a much happier one for Bruckner. Between 1843 and 1845, Bruckner was the pupil of [[Leopold von Zenetti]] in [[Enns (town)|Enns]].<ref>[[Paul-Gilbert Langevin]], ''Anton Bruckner – apogée de la symphonie'', pp. 17, 306</ref> Compared to the few works he wrote in Windhaag, the Kronstorf compositions from 1843 to 1845 show a significantly improved artistic ability, and finally the beginnings of what could be called "the Bruckner style".{{sfn|Grebe1972|p=27}} Among the Kronstorf works is the vocal piece [[Asperges me, WAB 4|''Asperges me'']] (WAB 4), which the young assistant teacher, out of line given his position, signed with "Anton Bruckner m.p.ria. Comp[onist]". This has been interpreted as a lone early sign of Bruckner's artistic ambitions. Otherwise, little is known of Bruckner's life plans and intentions.{{sfn|Hinrichsen|2010|p=18}}