The Anton Bruckner University is one of seven Austrian Universities for Music, Drama and Dance, and one of four universities in Linz. 850 students from all parts of the world study here. They are taught by 200 Professors and teaching staff, who are internationally recognised artists, academics and teachers.
Courses of study, research and performance are offered by the 12 Institutes of the Bruckner University. The following pages give an insight into the various activities of these Institutes.
The Bruckner University sees its role both in artistic, performing, pedogogical and academic education and in the development, promotion and communication of the arts.
The university library of the Anton Bruckner Private University for music, dance and drama is the largest music library in Upper Austria. The inventory runs to over 100,000 items which support and sustain research and teaching at the university. The majority of items are available for borrowing.
With more than 500 events, among them chamber and orchestral concerts, plays, dance and jazz performances and concerts of contemporary music as well as lectures and discussions, the Bruckner University is one of the region's largest organizers and presenters of cultural events.
Nearly 70,000 musical scores, including complete editions, commemorative editions, orchestral parts and chamber music from all periods as well as pedagogical scores and sheet music.
More than 26,000 books on the central topics music, dance, theatre, drama and literature as well as the history of culture and the arts, pedagogy and media studies. Numerous reference books on the central topics of the library, literature in several languages.
More than 9,300 audio-visual media, primarily LPs, videos, CD Roms, CDs and DVDs.
140 ongoing specialist yearbooks, periodicals, journals and newspapers.
Special stocks, including bequests from Friedrich Gulda, Josef Laska and Helmut Schiff, many valuable facsimiles and historical publications as well as the music archive of the AKM (more than 10,000 scores in our catalog)
Focal points of the collection
Music
Theatre
Dance
Literature
Pedagogy, psychology
History of culture and the arts, cultural studies
Interesting figures from the library year 2023:
Borrowings: 19,781 Library users: 17.395
Additions to stock: 4,296 items
Scores: 1,207
Books: 1,107
AV media: 47
Periodicals: 105
Theses: 84
AKM: 1,746
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