Vaterländisch Weinlied, WAB 91
{{Infobox musical composition
| name = {{Lang|de|Vaterländisch Weinlied}}
| composer = Anton Bruckner
| image = Loose cluster Austrian grapes partial veraison in Oct.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Grapes in a vineyard near Sooss, Lower Austria
| key = C major
| catalogue = WAB 91
| type = Secular choral work
|form = Drinking song
| text = August Silberstein
| language = German
| dedication =
| composed = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1866|11| |df=y}}|location=Linz}}
| performed =
| published = {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1892}}|location=Vienna}}
| vocal = SATB choir
| instrumental =
}}
{{Lang|de|Vaterländisch Weinlied}} (Patriotic wine song), WAB 91, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in 1866 during his stay in Linz.
History
Bruckner composed this work, together with Vaterlandslied, on a six-strophe text of August Silberstein in November 1866 during his stay in Linz on request of Anton M. Storch. The song was performed by the Liedertafel Frohsinn on 13 February 1868 under Bruckner's baton.C. Howie, Chapter III, pp. 90-91U. Harten, p. 463C. van Zwol, p. 725
The work, of which the original manuscript is lost, was first issued in the {{lang|de|Wiener Compositionalbum}} by Emil Berté in 1892. Thereafter (September 1894), it was issued with another text by Bibamus as {{lang|de|Eine Wein-Legende}} (A wine legend) in the Neues Wiener Journal. The work is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 21 of the {{lang|de|Gesamtausgabe}}.[http://www.mwv.at/TextBruckner/Katalog/liederWelt.htm Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre]
Text
The Vaterländisch Weinlied uses a text by August Silberstein.
Des Vaterlands gedenken? Ein Lebehoch aus voller Kraft Wollen wir ihm schenken! Wie die Reben Mög' sich's heben In dem Streben auf zum Licht!}} |style="padding-left:2em;"| Commemorate the fatherland? We want to give it Cheers with full power! Like the vines May it rise In the aspiration up to light! |
Music
The 12-bar long work in C major is scored for SATB choir - "{{lang|de|ein Trinklied mit höherem moralische Hintergrund}}" ("a drinking song with higher ethical background"), which exhibits a peculiar imprint with unexpected inflexions and austere harmonies in a narrow time span.
Discography
There is a single recording of Vaterländisch Weinlied.
- Thomas Kerbl, Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012 – 1st and 6th strophes
References
Sources
- 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}}.
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
- {{IMSLP2|work=Vaterländisch Weinlied, WAB 91 (Bruckner, Anton)|cname=Vaterländisch Weinlied, WAB 91}}
- [http://www.abruckner.com/vocal_instrumental_music/php/index.php@pag=252.htm Vaterländisch Weinlied C-Dur, WAB 91] – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs {{in lang|de}}
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