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Tantum ergo, WAB 44

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Key
  
B-flat major

Form
  
Hymn

Language
  
Latin

Catalogue
  
WAB 44

Text
  
Tantum ergo

Tantum ergo, WAB 44

Composed
  
c. 1854 (c. 1854): St. Florian

Tantum ergo ("Let us raise"), WAB 44, is the last of eight settings of the hymn Tantum ergo composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1854.

Contents

History

Bruckner composed the motet in c. 1854 during his stay in St. Florian Abbey. The original manuscript is lost. An autograph voice score is stored in the archive of the abbey.

The motet was first published in band II/2, pp. 256-258 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It is put in Band XXI/18 of the Gesamtausgabe.

Music

The work of 29 bars in B-flat major is scored for SATB choir, 2 violins, 2 trumpets and organ.

Discography

There are only two recordings of this last setting of Tantum ergo:

  • Richard Proulx, Cathedral Singers and Chamber Orchestra, Rediscoverd Masterpieces – CD: GIA 515, 1998
  • Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 09, Anton Bruckner Chöre/Klaviermusik – CD: LIVA 034, 2009

    • References

    Tantum ergo, WAB 44 Wikipedia
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