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Key
  
F major

Occasion
  
Holy Innocents' Day

Catalogue
  
WAB 145

Language
  
German

O Du liebes Jesu-Kind

Composed
  
c. 1845 (c. 1845): St. Florian

Published
  
1932 (1932): Regensburg

O Du liebes Jesu-Kind (O, You dear Child Jesus), WAB 145, is the first of two motets of Anton Bruckner's St. Florian period, which is of uncertain authorship. If Bruckner was the composer, he composed it presumably in 1845–46.

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History

If Bruckner composed the motet attributed to him, he wrote it presumably in 1845–46 during his stay in St. Florian Abbey. The work was intended for the celebration of Holy Innocents' Day, remembering the Massacre of the Innocents.

The motet was first published in band II/2, p. 13 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. The last two bars, which are on the back of the manuscript together with a transcription of a Christmas carol, were missing in this first publication. The work appears in Band XXI/10 of the Gesamtausgabe.

Text and music

The work of 16-bar in F major is scored for soloist and organ.

Selected discography

A selection among the about 6 recordings:

  • Wilfried Jochens (tenor), Werner Kaufmann (organ), Music of the St. Florian Period (Jürgen Jürgens) - LP: Jerusalem Records ATD 8503, 1984; transferred to CD BSVD-0109, 2011
  • Sigrid Hagmüller (alto), Rupert Gottfried Frieberger (organ), Anton Bruckner – Oberösterreichische Kirchenmusik CD: Fabian Records CD 5112, 1995
  • Ludmila Kuznetzova (mezzosoprano), Ludmila Golub (organ), Bruckner: Masses and Songs (Valeri Poliansky) - CD: Chandos CHAN 9863, 1998

    • References

    O Du liebes Jesu-Kind Wikipedia
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