Das edle Herz, WAB 65
| Das edle Herz | |
|---|---|
| Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
|
Ceiling of the library of the St. Florian Abbey | |
| Key | A major |
| Catalogue | WAB 65 |
| Text | Ernst Marinelli |
| Language | German |
| Composed | c. 1851: St. Florian |
| Dedication | Name day of Johann Nepomuk Paulitsch |
| Published | 1932: Regensburg |
| Vocal | TTBB choir |
Das edle Herz ("The noble heart"), WAB 65, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1851 during his stay in St. Florian.
History
Bruckner composed this work on a text of Ernst Marinelli in c. 1851 during his stay in St. Florian. He composed it for the name day of Johann Nepomuk Paulitsch, a member of the St. Florian choir. It is not known whether the work was performed during Bruckner's life.[1][2]
The work, of which the original manuscript is lost, was found in the legacy of Bruckner's friend Rudolf Weinwurm.[1] It was performed in 1988 by the Wagner Society Male Choir, Keio University, Tokyo,[3] and, thereafter, in 1994 in the Connecticut College.[2]
The work, which was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 111–113, of the Göllerich/Auer biography,[1][2] is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 7 of the Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Bruckner composed a second setting on the same text for mixed choir (WAB 66) in 1857.[1][2]
Text and music
Das edle Herz uses a text by Ernst Marinelli.
Wer im Busen nicht die Flamme |
Whoever feeds in his chest not only the flame |
The 46-bar long work in 9/8 is scored in A major for TTBB choir. From bar 34, the score goes over in 4/4 in chorale form on "dankerfüllter Seelenpreis" until the end of the song.[1][2]
Discography
There is as yet no commercial recording of this first setting of Das edle Herz.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 C. van Zwol, p. 721
- 1 2 3 4 5 U. Harten, p. 141
- ↑ Hans Roelofs' critical discography
- ↑ Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre
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
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
External links
- Das edle Herz, WAB 65: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Das edle Herz A-Dur, WAB 65 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (German)
