ABSTRACT
The Austrian composer and conductor Siegmund von Hausegger was one of the best-known figures of the 'Bruckner Movement' of the 1930s and 1940s. He is still considered a pioneer with respect to the so-called 'Originalfassungen' of Bruckner's symphonies, since he conducted the first performance of the original version of the Ninth Symphony in Munich on 2 April 1932. Hausegger's role as intermediary between the Nazi state and the International Bruckner Society can be seen in the preparations for the installation of the Bruckner bust in Valhalla near Regensburg on 6 June 1937. Hausegger's own active involvement with Bruckner's music began with a performance of the Seventh Symphony which he conducted in Munich on 10 February 1899. During the period of National Socialist supremacy Hausegger remained a Bruckner authority, particularly as a conductor of the 'original versions' of his works.
