Du bist wie eine Blume, WAB 64
| Du bist wie eine Blume | |
|---|---|
| Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
|
Junge Dame mit Rosen am Seeufer, Nathanael Sichel | |
| Key | F major, |
| Catalogue | WAB 64 |
| Text | Heinrich Heine |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 5 December 1861: Linz |
| Dedication | Liedertafel Sängerbund |
| Published | 1932: Regensburg |
| Vocal | SATB quartet |
Du bist wie eine Blume (You are like a flower), WAB 64, is a song, which Anton Bruckner composed in 1861.
History
Bruckner composed the song on a text of Heinrich Heine on 5 December 1861. On request of his friend Alois Weinwurm, Bruckner composed the song for the opening concert of the Liedertafel Sängerbund.[1]
The piece was performed 10 days later under Bruckner's baton in the Redoutensaal of Linz by four soloists: Hermine and Wilhelmine Ritter, Heinrich Knoll and Ferdinand Hummel. The piece became a favourite of Sängerbund.[2][3]
The piece, of which the manuscript is stored in the archive of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, was first published in Band III/2, pp. 193–196 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[2][3] It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 14 of the Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Text and music
The song uses a text of Heinrich Heine's Buch der Lieder (Book of Songs).
Du bist wie eine Blume, |
You are like a flower, |
The 32-bar long work in F major is scored for SATB quartet.[2][3]
Discography
There is no commercial recording of the full song.
A fragment, sung by the Chor der Singakademie Linz, can be heard from the 30th minute of the videofilm Das Leben Anton Bruckners of Hans Conrad Fischer (1975)
References
- ↑ C. Howie, Chapter III, pp. 89-90
- 1 2 3 U. Harten, p. 136
- 1 2 3 C. van Zwol, p. 723
- ↑ 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. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
- Du bist wie eine Blume, WAB 64: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Du bist wie eine Blume F-Dur, WAB 64 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (German)
