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Veni Creator Spiritus, WAB 50

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Key
  
Gregorian mode

Form
  
Hymn

Language
  
Latin

Catalogue
  
WAB 50

Text
  
Veni Creator Spiritus

Veni Creator Spiritus, WAB 50

Composed
  
c. 1884 (c. 1884): Vienna

Veni Creator Spiritus ("Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest"), WAB 50, is a motet composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1884.

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History

The motet was composed in c. 1884. Bruckner's manuscript is stored in the Schlägl Abbey, where it was retrieved in 1931. The motet was first published in band IV/1, p. 524 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It is put in Band XXI/36 of the Gesamtausgabe.

Music

The motet is a harmonisation of the Gregorian hymn Veni Creator Spiritus for voice(s) and organ.

Discography

There is a single recording of Bruckner's Veni Creator Spiritus:

  • Jonathan Brown, Ealing Abbey Choir, Anton Bruckner: Sacred Motets – CD: Herald HAVPCD 213, 1997 (transcription for male voice choir a cappella)

    • References

    Veni Creator Spiritus, WAB 50 Wikipedia
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