Key F major, Text Heinrich Heine Dedication Liedertafel Sängerbund | Catalogue WAB 64 Language German | |
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Composed 5 December 1861 (1861-12-05): Linz | ||
Du bist wie eine Blume (You are like a flower), WAB 64, is a song, which Anton Bruckner composed in 1861.
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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.
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.
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. It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 14 of the Gesamtausgabe.
Text and music
The song uses a text of Heinrich Heine's Buch der Lieder (Book of Songs).
The 32-bar long work in F major is scored for SATB quartet.
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)