Ständchen, WAB 84.2
| Ständchen | |
|---|---|
WAB 84.2 | |
| Language | German |
| Composed | c. 1846: St. Florian |
| Dedication | Frau Schlager |
| Published | 1932: Regensburg |
| Vocal | TTBB quartet, tenor soloist |
"Ständchen" ("Serenade"),
History
Bruckner composed this
It is not known when the piece was performed. The work, of which the original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel Frohsinn,[2][3] was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 61–64 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was thereafter issued in 1954, together with Sternschnuppen, in the Chorblattreihe of Robitschek, Vienna. [2] It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 3 of the Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Text
Ständchen is using a text of an unknown author (possibly Ernst Marinelli).
Wie des Bächleins Silberquelle |
As the creek's silvery source |
Music
The 29-bar long work in 6/8 is in G major. It is scored for TTBB quartet and tenor soloist. During the first 18 bars the text is sung by the tenor soloist with accompaniment of humming voices. From bar 19, the second part (Wandle froh durchs Leben weiter) is sung again by the men's quartet.[2]
Discography
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Ständchen:
- Thomas Kerbl, Quartet of the Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Michael Nowak (tenor), Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012
References
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 XXIII/2: Weltliche Chorwerke (1843–1893), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky and Anton Reinthaler (editor), Vienna, 1989
- ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
- Ständchen, WAB 84.2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Ständchen G-Dur, WAB 84 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
