Alte Gesamtausgabe (1930–1944, Editorial Head: Robert Haas) This first edition (12 volumes issued)[2][3] included 'hybrid' scores for Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8 and other similar conflations for some other revised works (Mass No. 3).
Neue Gesamtausgabe (1951–1989, Editorial Head: Leopold Nowak) In this new edition Nowak et al. went about publishing several versions of some works, in the process correcting some mistakes of Haas. From 1990 onwards (Editorial Head: Herbert Vogg), William Carragan, Paul Hawkshaw, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrset al. were in the process of reviewing and further correcting the work of Haas and Nowak.[4][5]
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe (Editorial board: Paul Hawkshaw, Thomas Leibnitz, Andreas Lindner, Angela Pachovsky, Thomas Röder) In 2011 it has been decided to issue a new edition, which will include the content of the current edition and integrate the in the meantime retrieved sources.[6]
Content of the first edition
Foreseen content of the first edition
Twenty-two volumes were foreseen, of which twelve were (partially) issued:
Volume 1: Symphony No. 1, (revised) "Linz version" and "Vienna version", edited by Robert Haas, 1935
Volume 2: Symphony No. 2 ("mixed" version), edited by Robert Haas, 1938
Volume 3: [Symphony No. 3, 1873 version, Robert Haas, 1944; editorial material lost in Leipzig's bombing]
Volume 4: Symphony No. 4, second version (1878) with 1880 Finale (a.k.a. 1881 version) – 1878 Volksfest Finale, edited by Robert Haas, 1936
Volume 5: Symphony No. 5, edited by Robert Haas, 1935
Volume 6: Symphony No. 6, edited by Robert Haas, 1935
Volume 7: Symphony No. 7, edited by Robert Haas, 1944
Volume 8: Symphony No. 8 ("mixed" version), edited by Robert Haas, 1939
Volume 9: Symphony No. 9, edited by Alfred Orel, 1934
Volume 10: –
Volume 11: Four Orchestral Pieces, edited by Alfred Orel, 1934
Volume 12: –
Volume 13: Mass No. 2, second version, edited by Robert Haas and Leopold Nowak 1940
Volume 14: Mass No. 3, edited by Robert Haas, 1944
Volume 15: Requiem and Missa solemnis, edited by Robert Haas, 1930[2]