Besprechung der 7. Symphonie [London, 23.5.1887] in der Wochenzeitschrift The Graphic Nr. 913 auf S. 12:
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     BRUCKNER'S SYMPHONY.—Dr. Richter has more than once been upon the point of introducing to England some of the music of Anton Bruckner of Vienna, but until last Monday, when his seventh symphony in E was presented for the first time, the composer was known here only by name. It is rather a pity that Bruckner made his début with the symphony in E. The work is very long, occupying nearly an hour in performance, and exceedingly complex, and it is rendered all the less intelligible at first hearing by the constant use of "inversion by contrary motion," an artificial "scholastic" device which, however useful in giving variety to fugal writing, becomes tedious and absurd when applied throughout the whole of a lengthy symphony. The work is in the usual four movements. The first must be heard again before an opinion is expressed upon it. The slow movement is an elegy written after the death of Bruckner's friend Richard Wagner, and in it a phrase from the now aged composer's Te Deum is used. The scherzo with its trio is far too long, and the finale, like the first movement, cannot be judged at first hearing. The symphony was magnificently played by Richter's band. The programme also included the "Ride of Walkyries," and the beautiful love duet from the first act of Die Walküre, admirably sung by Miss Pauline Cramer and Mr. Lloyd." [keine Signatur].