Die Geburt, WAB 69
Die Geburt | |
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Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
![]() A birth-scene | |
Key | D-flat major |
Catalogue | WAB 69 |
Language | German |
Composed | 1851 St. Florian : |
Dedication | Name day of Josef Seiberl |
Published | 1932 Regensburg : |
Vocal | TTBB choir |
Die Geburt (The birth), WAB 69, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in 1851 during his stay in St. Florian.
History[]
Bruckner composed this work on a text of an unknown author in 1851 during his stay in St. Florian. On 19 March 1852, he dedicated the song to his friend Josef Seiberl to celebrate his name day.[1] It is not known whether it was performed at that time.[2][3]
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of Wels. The work, which was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 147-150, of the Göllerich/Auer biography,[2][3] is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 8 of the Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Text[]
Die Geburt uses a text by an unknown author.
Es landet ein Fremdling im Hafen der Welt, |
A stranger landed in the harbour of the world, |
Music[]
The 25-bar long work in D-flat major is scored for TTBB choir. The feurige (ardent) first 12 bars, in periods of 4 bars, have to be repeated three times - presumably foreseen for four couplets, of which only one has been retrieved.[3] From bar 13, Und hast du das deine dann redlich getan, the Schubert-like song evolves slower to the end.[2]
References[]
- ^ C. Howie, Chapter II, p. 7
- ^ Jump up to: a b c U. Harten, p. 168
- ^ Jump up to: a b c C. van Zwol, pp. 721-722
- ^ 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. , Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links[]
- Die Geburt, WAB 69: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Die Geburt Des-Dur, WAB 69 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
- A life performance by the Kenyon College Männerchor can be heard on YouTube: Die Geburt, WAB 69
- Weltliche Chorwerke by Anton Bruckner
- 1851 compositions
- Compositions in D-flat major