Am Grabe, WAB 2
Am Grabe | |
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Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
![]() Elegy by William-Adolphe Bouguereau | |
Key | F minor |
Catalogue | WAB 2 |
Form | Elegy |
Language | German |
Composed | 1861 Linz : |
Dedication | Funeral of Josephine Hafferl |
Published | 1924 Vienna : |
Vocal | TTBB choir |
Am Grabe (At the grave), WAB 2, is an elegy composed by Anton Bruckner in 1861, for men's voices a capella.
History[]
Am Grabe is a revised a cappella setting of the elegy Vor Arneths Grab, WAB 53. The elegy was performed on the funeral of Josephine Hafferl on 11 February 1861.
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel Frohsinn.[1] The song, which was edited first by Wöß, Universal Edition, in 1924,[1] is put in Band XXIII/2, No. 13 of the Gesamtausgabe.[2]
In addition, an autograph slight revision of the song has been found on an undated copy of the manuscript (Mus.Hs. 2104).
Music[]
The 21-bar-long, a cappella setting discarded the fourth strophe of Marinelli's text. The voice score of the first two strophes (bars 1-8) is similar to that of Vor Arneths Grab. The score of the third strophe is 5 bars longer. From bar 15 the score is different and ends at bars 19-21 alike bars 26-28 of the original setting.
A score with another text by Gottfried Grote has been issued by Schott Music in 1961.[3]
Lasset uns den Leib begraben, |
Let us bury the body, |
There is also an arrangement by Jeff Reynolds for 4-part trombone ensemble (with optional contrabass trombone part).[4]
Discography[]
There is only one recording of the full setting of Am Grabe:
- Łukasz Borowicz, Anton Bruckner: Requiem, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – CD: Accentus ACC30474, 2019 - revised version (Cohrs edition, based on manuscript Mus.Hs. 2104).
NB: On CD LIVA 027,[5] only the first two strophes were recorded.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b C. van Zwol, p. 723
- ^ Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre
- ^ Catalogue of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- ^ Performance of Am Grabe by the Dave Cannon ensemble
- ^ Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 08, Anton Bruckner Männerchöre – CD : LIVA 027, 2008
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
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links[]
- Am Grabe, WAB 2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free scores for Am Grabe, WAB 2 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Am Grabe f-Moll, WAB 2 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
- A live performance of Am Grabe by the Wagner Society Male Choir of Japan, 11 December 1988, can be heard on YouTube: Am Grabe, WAB 2 - with Gottfried Grote's text
- Weltliche Chorwerke by Anton Bruckner
- 1861 compositions
- Compositions in F minor