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Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben

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Key
  
A major

Form
  
Chorale

Composed
  
c. 1845 (c. 1845):

Catalogue
  
WAB 12

Language
  
German

Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben

Published
  
1932 (1932): Regensburg

Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben (To You, Lord, to You I will surrender myself), WAB 12, is a sacred motet composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1845.

Contents

History

Bruckner composed the motet in c. 1845 either during his stay in Kronstorf or at the beginning of his stay in St. Florian Abbey. The original manuscript, on which the Tantum ergo, WAB 43 is also found, is in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey. The motet was first published in band II/3, pp. 114–115 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It is put in Band XXI/9 of the Gesamtausgabe.

Music

This text, which was also used by Felix Mendelssohn in his oratorio Paulus, is based on the ninth verse of the hymn Herr Gott, du kennest meine Tage by Ludwig Rudolph von Senftt zu Pilsach over the Stoning of Stephen.

The 32-bar work in A major is a chorale for mixed choir a cappella.

As Crawford Howie writes, "both In jener letzten der Nächte WAB 17 (c. 1848) and Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben WAB 12 (c. 1845) for a cappella mixed-voice choir are chorale harmonizations, probably the result of [Bruckner's] studies with Zenetti."

Selected discography

There are only a few recordings of Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben:

  • Balduin Sulzer, Chor des Linzer Musikgymnasiums, Stiftskirche Wilhering - Geistliche Musik – CD: Preiserrecords 90052CD, c. 1985
  • Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 2011, Anton Bruckner: Lieder/Magnificat – CD: LIVA 046, 2011
  • Philipp von Steinäcker, Vocalensemble Musica Saeculorum, Bruckner: Pange lingua - Motetten - CD: Fra Bernardo FB 1501271, 2015

    • References

    Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben Wikipedia
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