Veni Creator Spiritus, WAB 50
Veni Creator Spiritus | |
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Motet by Anton Bruckner | |
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Key | Gregorian mode |
Catalogue | WAB 50 |
Form | Hymn |
Text | Veni Creator Spiritus |
Language | Latin |
Composed | c. 1884 : Vienna |
Published | 1932 Regensburg : |
Vocal | Voice(s) |
Instrumental | Organ |
Veni Creator Spiritus ("Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest"), WAB 50, is a motet composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1884.
History[]
The motet was composed in c. 1884. Bruckner's manuscript is stored in the Schlägl Abbey, where it was retrieved in 1931. The motet was first published in band IV/1, p. 524 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[1] It is put in Band XXI/36 of the Gesamtausgabe.[2]
Music[]
The motet is a harmonisation of the Gregorian hymn Veni Creator Spiritus for voice(s) and organ.
Discography[]
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Veni Creator Spiritus:
- Jonathan Brown, Ealing Abbey Choir, Anton Bruckner: Sacred Motets – CD: Herald HAVPCD 213, 1997 (transcription for male voice choir a cappella)
References[]
- ^ C. van Zwol, p. 708
- ^ Gesamtausgabe – Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
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 XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
External links[]
- Veni creator spiritus, WAB 50: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Veni Creator Spiritus, WAB 50 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
Categories:
- Motets by Anton Bruckner
- 1884 compositions