In his monograph on Bruckner, Alberto Fassone successfully contextualizes a composer within the historical, cultural, and musical framework, whose image has long suffered from distortions and anecdotal stereotypes in the aftermath. Special attention is given to Bruckner's cultural roots in the Austrian Vormärz, his relationship with the Baroque, and the expression of his religiosity beyond the worn cliché of the "musician of God." Another central aspect of the book is the search for a semantic dimension of his musical language, which transcends the fatal dichotomy of "absolute music" and "program music.".