Key A major Text Johann Gottfried Kumpf Dedication Aloisia Bogner | Catalogue WAB deest Language German | |
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Composed c. 1850 (c. 1850): St. Florian | ||
Der Mondabend ("The moonlit evening"), WAB deest, is a lied composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1850 for Aloisia Bogner.
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History
Der Mondabend, WAB deest is a lied in A major, which Bruckner composed during his stay in St. Florian for his piano pupil Aloisia Bogner in c. 1850. The 16-year old Aloisia Bogner, alias Louise or Luise Bogner, was the older daughter of Michaël Bogner, by whom Bruckner had his living accommodation. Bruckner composed for her also the Frühlingslied and the piano works Lancier-Quadrille, WAB 120, and Steiermärker, WAB 122.
The manuscript of the lied is part of the workbook "Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Clavier-Begleitung für Fräulein Louise Bogner", which also contains transcriptions of Ännchen von Tharau, Lebe wohl, geliebtes Wesen (Aus dem Zauberschleier), and the waltz Juheisa juhei, ihr Tänzer herbei.
The workbook, which was in the legacy of Aloisia Bogner, was acquired in 1957 by the Landesmuseum of Upper Austria. A facsimile of the workbook has been issued in the Oberösterreichische Schriften zur Volksmusik in 2015.
The work was premiered by Robert Holzer on 23 June 2015.
Text and music
Bruckner's song is based on the poem Der Mondabend by Johann Gottfried Kumpf:
The 13-bar long lied in A major in 3/4 is scored for solo voice and piano.
The key (A major), the meter (3/4) and the first four notes are the same as that of Schubert's Der Mondabend, a lied which Aloisia Bogner liked very much.
Discography
There is a single recording of Der Mondabend: