Ständchen, WAB 84.2
{{Short description|1846 lied composed by Anton Bruckner}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name = Ständchen
| composer = Anton Bruckner
| image = Blaas Eugene de The Serenade 1910 Oil On Canvas.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Eugene de Blaas – "The Serenade"
| key = G major
| catalogue = WAB 84.2
| type = Secular choral work
| text =
| language = German
| dedication = Frau Schlager
| composed = {{Timeline-event|date={{circa|1846}}|location=St. Florian}}
| vocal = SATB quartet, tenor soloist
| instrumental =
| published = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1932}}|location=Regensburg}}
}}
"{{Lang|de|Ständchen}}" ("Serenade"), WAB 84.2, is a Lied composed by Anton Bruckner in {{circa|1846}}.
History
Bruckner composed this serenade, which he dedicated to Mrs. Schlager, the wife of the mayor of St. Florian,C. Howie, Chapter II, p. 22 during the beginning of his stay in St. Florian. For the composition Bruckner used a text, which he had already used for the unfinished lied {{lang|de|Wie des Bächleins Silberquelle}}, WAB 84.1.C. van Zwol, p. 720U. Harten, pp. 399-400
It is not known when the piece was performed. The work, of which the original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel Frohsinn, was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 61–64 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was thereafter issued in 1954, together with Sternschnuppen, in the Chorblattreihe of Robitschek, Vienna. It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 3 of the {{lang|de|Gesamtausgabe}}.[http://www.mwv.at/TextBruckner/Katalog/liederWelt.htm Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre]
Text
Ständchen is using a text of an unknown author (possibly Ernst Marinelli).
Ruhig durch die Fluren bricht Und des Mondes goldne Helle Freundlich uns zum Herzen spricht: Wandle froh durchs Leben weiter, Frei von Kummer und von Leid, Jeder Tag beginne heiter Und entflieh' mit Seligkeit.}} |style="padding-left:2em;"| Breaks calmly through the fields And the moon's golden light Speaks friendly to our heart: Walk happily through your further life, Free from sorrow and pain, May each day begin cheerfully And end in blessedness. |
Music
The 29-bar long work in 6/8 is in G major. It is scored for SATB quartet and tenor soloist. During the first 18 bars the text is sung by the tenor soloist with accompaniment of humming voices. From bar 19, the second part ({{lang|de|Wandle froh durchs Leben weiter}}) is sung again by the men's quartet.
Discography
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Ständchen:
- Thomas Kerbl, Quartet of the Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Michael Nowak (tenor), Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012
References
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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
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. {{Ill|Residenz Verlag|de}}, Salzburg, 1996. {{ISBN|3-7017-1030-9}}.
- 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
- {{IMSLP2|work=Ständchen, WAB 84.2 (Bruckner, Anton)|cname=Ständchen, WAB 84.2}}
- [http://www.abruckner.com/vocal_instrumental_music/php/index.php@pag=245.htm Ständchen G-Dur, WAB 84] – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs {{in lang|de}}
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