Das edle Herz, WAB 65
{{Short description|1851 song composed by Anton Bruckner}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name = Das edle Herz
| composer = Anton Bruckner
| image = Sankt Florian Stiftsbibliothek St. Florian Decke 2.JPG
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Ceiling of the library of the St. Florian Abbey
| key = A major
| catalogue = WAB 65
| type = Secular choral work
| text = Ernst Marinelli
| language = German
| dedication = Name day of Johann Nepomuk Paulitsch
| composed = {{Timeline-event|date={{circa|1851}}|location=St. Florian}}
| performed =
| published = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1932}}|location=Regensburg}}
| vocal = SATB choir
| instrumental =
}}
{{for|the other setting of the same text by the composer|Das edle Herz, WAB 66}}
{{Lang|de|Das edle Herz}} ("The noble heart"), WAB 65, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in {{circa|1851}} during his stay in St. Florian.
History
Bruckner composed this work on a text of Ernst Marinelli in {{circa|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.C. van Zwol, p. 721U. Harten, p. 141
The original manuscript, which became in-between lost, was found in the legacy of Bruckner's friend Rudolf Weinwurm. A sketch of it is archived at the Abbey of St. Florian. It was performed in 1988 by the Wagner Society Male Choir, Keio University, Tokyo,{{Cite web |url=http://www.brucknerdiskografie.nl/php/index.php?pag=205 |title=Hans Roelofs' critical discography |access-date=2015-06-29 |archive-date=2017-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910221339/http://www.brucknerdiskografie.nl/php/index.php?pag=205 |url-status=dead }} and, thereafter, in 1994 in the Connecticut College.
The work, which was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 111–113, of the Göllerich/Auer biography, is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 7 of the {{lang|de|Gesamtausgabe}}.[http://www.mwv.at/TextBruckner/Katalog/liederWelt.htm Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre]
Bruckner composed a second setting on the same text for mixed choir (WAB 66) in 1857.
Text
Das edle Herz uses a text by Ernst Marinelli.
Nur des eigenen Altars nährt, Wer den Blick der edlen Liebe Freudig zu dem Bruder kehrt, Wer sich nicht sich selbst geboren, Sondern seinem Schöpfer glaubt, Diesen Glauben nie verloren, Andern selben nie geraubt, Wer den Wert der eignen Habe Gern in dürft’ge Hände legt, Seines Wissens hehre Gabe Auch in fremde Herzen trägt, Wer im Segnen und Beglücken Seines Lebens Freude weiß, Dem erschallet mit Entzücken Dankerfüllter Seelenpreis.}} |style="padding-left:2em;"| Of his own altar, Whoever turns his glance of noble love Happily to his brother, Whoever does not believe to be born by himself, But believes in his Creator, Who never lost this creed, Who never robbed others of it, Whoever lays the value of his own belongings Willingly in needy hands, Who passes the noble gift of his knowledge Also in the heart of others, Whoever is aware that blessing and giving mean the joy of his life, To him sounds with bliss Thankful praise from the soul. |
Music
Discography
There is as yet no commercial recording of this first setting of Das edle Herz.
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, {{circa|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. {{Ill|Residenz Verlag|de}}, Salzburg, 1996. {{ISBN|3-7017-1030-9}}.
External links
- {{IMSLP2|work=Das edle Herz, WAB 65 (Bruckner, Anton)|cname=Das edle Herz, WAB 65}}
- [http://www.abruckner.com/vocal_instrumental_music/php/index.php@pag=205.htm Das edle Herz A-Dur, WAB 65] – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs {{in lang|de}}
- The performance of Das edle Herz, WAB 65 by the Wagner Society Male Choir of Japan, 11 December 1988, can be heard on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktkvNP65ANA Das edle Herz, WAB 65]
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