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Two Totenlieder (Bruckner)

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Key
  
E-flat major, F major

Form
  
Elegy

Catalogue
  
WAB 47 & 48

Language
  
German

Two Totenlieder (Bruckner)

Composed
  
1852 (1852): St. Florian Abbey

Dedication
  
Funeral of Josef Seiberl

The two Totenlieder, WAB 47 & 48, are elegies composed by Anton Bruckner in 1852.

Contents

History

Bruckner composed these two motets in 1852 for the funeral of his friend Josef Seiberl. The original manuscript is in the Stadtmuseum of Wels and a transcription is in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.

The two Totenlieder were first published in band II/2, pp. 141-144 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. They are put in Band XXI/16 of the Gesamtausgabe.

Music

The works are scored for SATB choir a cappella. The first setting in E-flat major is 10-bar long. The second setting in F major is 19-bar long.

Discography

There are a few recordings of the Totenlieder:

  • Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor, Bruckner - Music of St Florian Period (II) - CD: BSVD-0111 (Bruckner Archive), 1984 - only the first Totenlied
  • Duncan Ferguson, Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral of Edinburgh, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Delphian Records DCD34071, 2010
  • 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

    Two Totenlieder (Bruckner) Wikipedia
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