Salvum fac populum tuum, WAB 40
Salvum fac populum tuum | |
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WAB 40 | |
Text | Verses of the Te Deum |
Language | Latin |
Composed | November 14, 1884 Vienna : |
Published | 1932 Regensburg : |
Vocal | SSATB choir |
Salvum fac populum tuum ("O Lord, save thy people"),
History
The motet, based on a few verses of the
Music
The 57-bar motet in F major for choir a cappella, is based on the verses "Salvum fac populum tuum" till "Quem ad modum speravimus in te." of the Te Deum.
Salvum fac populum tuum |
This, for Bruckner a quite unique composition, which uses the same verses as part 4 of his Te Deum, alternates passages in unison, in Falsobordone and in polyphony.[2]
Discography
There are a few recordings of Bruckner's Salvum fac populum tuum:
- Robert Jones, Choir of St. Bride's Church, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Naxos 8.550956, 1994
- Alois Koch, choir of the St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Anton Bruckner: Messe in e-Moll – CD: Ars Musici 1186-2, 1996 (with accompaniment of trombones)
- Balduin Sulzer, Mozart Chor Linz, Bruckner – CD: AtemMusik Records ATMU 97001, 1997
- Hans-Christoph Rademann, NDR Chor Hamburg, Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria – CD: Carus 83.151, 2000
- Philipp von Steinäcker, Vocalensemble Musica Saeculorum, Bruckner: Pange lingua - Motetten - CD: Fra Bernardo FB 1501271, 2015
- Sigvards Klava, Latvian Radio Choir, Bruckner: Latin Motets, 2019 – CD Ondine OD 1362
- Christian Erny, The Zurich Chamber Singers, Bruckner Spectrum - CD : Berlin Classics LC06203, 2022
References
- ^ U. Harten, p. 374
- ^ a b C. van Zwol, pp. 707-708
- ^ Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
Sources
- August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, c. 1922 – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
- Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- ISBN 3-7017-1030-9
External links
- Salvum fac populum, WAB 40: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores for Salvum fac populum tuum, WAB 40 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Salvum fac populum tuum F-dur, WAB 40 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
- Live performances
- Landesjugendchor Vorarlberg (2016): Salvum fac populum tuum
- Ecclesia Cantic - Halle aux Grains, Toulouse (7 May 2023): Salvum fac populum tuum