Key G major Language German | Catalogue WAB 84 Dedication Frau Schlager | |
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Composed c. 1846 (c. 1846): St. Florian Published 1932 (1932): Regensburg | ||
Ständchen ("Serenade"), WAB 84, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1846.
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History
Bruckner composed this serenade, which he dedicated to Mrs. Schlager, the wife of the mayor of St. Florian, during the beginning of his stay in St. Florian. For the composition Bruckner used a text, which he had already used for the unfinished lied Wie des Bächleins Silberquelle.
It is not known when the piece was performed. The work, of which the original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel Frohsinn, was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 61–64 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was thereafter issued in 1954, together with Sternschnuppen, in the Chorblattreihe of Robitschek, Vienna. It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 3 of the Gesamtausgabe.
Text and music
Ständchen is using a text of an unknown author (possibly Ernst Marinelli).
The 29-bar long work in 6/8 is in G major. It is scored for TTBB quartet and tenor soloist. During the first 18 bars the text is sung by the tenor soloist with accompaniment of humming voices. From bar 19, the second part (Wandle froh durchs Leben weiter) is sung again by the men's quartet.
Discography
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Ständchen: