“Otto Kitzler is a name which Bruckner always uttered with a touching reverence and a name which played a special part in the Master’s career....

“Otto Kitzler is a name which Bruckner always uttered with a touching reverence and a name which played a special part in the Master’s career. It was a profound inner feeling that guided Kitzler the Younger to the heart-felt sentiment of this funeral music, and it was the act of faithful remembrance by Kitzler the Elder […] that wove this serenely brilliant robe.” –August Göllerich