Form Patriotic song | Catalogue WAB 94 Text Josef Winter | |
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The Volkslied ("National hymn"), WAB 94, is a patriotic song composed by Anton Bruckner in 1882 for a competition for a Hymne für das Deutsche Volk in Österreich (Hymn for the German People in Austria).
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History
On 16 October 1881, the Deutsche Zeitung invited submissions for a text für eines sangbares Nationallied (for a singable national hymn). From 1,750 texts entered, Josef Winter's was awarded the first prize. On 1 January 1882 a second invitation appeared for a Hymne für das Deutsche Volk in Österreich (Hymn for the German People in Austria), for men's choir as well as for voice and piano. Bruckner, as one of the 1,320 participants, sent a sample of both settings. No prize was awarded for any of the submissions.
The manuscripts are stored in the archive of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de Paris. The two settings were first published in Band III/2, pp. 191 and 192 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. The setting for voice and piano is issued in Band XXIII/1, No. 6 of the Gesamtausgabe. The setting for men's choir is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 32 of the Gesamtausgabe.
Text and music
The Volkslied uses Josef Winter's text.
There are two settings of the Volkslied WAB 94:
Setting for voice and piano
There is no recording of this setting.
Setting for men's choir
There is a single recording of this setting: