"Ständchen" ("Serenade"), WAB 84.2, is a Lied composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1846.
| Ständchen | |
|---|---|
| Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
 Eugene de Blaas – "The Serenade" | |
| Key | G major |
| Catalogue | WAB 84.2 |
| Language | German |
| Composed | c. 1846: St. Florian |
| Dedication | Frau Schlager |
| Published | 1932: Regensburg |
| Vocal | TTBB quartet, tenor soloist |
History edit
Bruckner composed this serenade, which he dedicated to Mrs. Schlager, the wife of the mayor of St. Florian,[1] 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, WAB 84.1.[2][3]
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,[2][3] 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. [2] It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 3 of the Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Text edit
Ständchen is using a text of an unknown author (possibly Ernst Marinelli).
Wie des Bächleins Silberquelle |
As the creek's silvery source |
Music edit
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.[2]
Discography edit
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Ständchen:
- Thomas Kerbl, Quartet of the Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Michael Nowak (tenor), Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012
References edit
Sources edit
- August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, c. 1922 – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
- Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXIII/2: Weltliche Chorwerke (1843–1893), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky and Anton Reinthaler (editor), Vienna, 1989
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links edit
- Ständchen, WAB 84.2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Ständchen G-Dur, WAB 84 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)