Der Abendhimmel, WAB 55
Der Abendhimmel | |
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Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
Key | A-flat major |
Catalogue | WAB 55 |
Text | Joseph Christian von Zedlitz |
Language | German |
Composed | January 1862 (1862-01): Linz |
Published | 1932 (1932): Regensburg |
Vocal | TTBB quartet |
Der Abendhimmel ("The evening sky"), WAB 55, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in 1862.
History
Bruckner composed this first setting of "evening song" Der Abendhimmel in January 1862. He used for the composition a text of Joseph Christian von Zedlitz, which he would also use for a second setting of the song in 1866. Bruckner dedicated the song to the men's quartet Anton Munsch [Anton Munsch (1st tenor), Anton Stiefler (2nd tenor), Eduard Benoni (1st bass) and Mathias Weissmann (2nd bass)].[1][2]
The piece was performed first in a transcription for men's choir by the Liedertafel Frohsinn on 4 July 1900. The commentator of the Linzer Zeitung (7 July 1900) wrote over a eine herrliche Schöpfung unseres heimischen Meisters Dr. Anton Bruckner (a wonderful composition of our national master Dr. Anton Bruckner).[1]
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.[1][3] It was first issued in Band III/2, pp. 18–20 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[1][3] It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 15 of the Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Text
Der Abendhimmel is using a text of Joseph Christian von Zedlitz.
Wenn ich an deiner Seite | When I walk at your side |
Music
The 38-bar long work in 6/8 is in A-flat major. It is scored for TTBB quartet a cappella.[1][3]
Discography
There are two recordings of Der Abendhimmel, WAB 55:
- Guido Mancusi, Chorus Viennensis, Musik, du himmlisches Gebilde! – CD: ORF CD 73, 1995
- Thomas Kerbl, Quartet of the Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 08, Anton Bruckner – Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 027, 2008
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
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag [de], Salzburg, 1996. 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
- Der Abendhimmel, WAB 55: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores for Der Abendhimmel, WAB 55 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Der Abendhimmel As-Dur, WAB 55 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
- A live performance (20 February 2022) by Y Kawaguchi by overdubbing his voice: Der Abendhimmel
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- Symphony in F minor (1863)
- No. 1 in C minor (1866/1891)
- Symphony in D minor (1869)
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- No. 3 in D minor (1873/1877/1889)
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- No. 6 in A major (1881)
- No. 7 in E major (1883)
- No. 8 in C minor (1887/1890)
- No. 9 in D minor (1896) (unfinished)
- Four Orchestral Pieces (1862)
- Overture in G minor (1862–1863)
- March in E-flat major (1865)
- Symphonisches Präludium (1876)
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