Des Dankes Wort sei mir vergönnt, WAB 62

History#

Bruckner composed this song on a text of Ernst Marinelli between 1845 and 1855, during his stay in Sankt Florian. He dedicated the work as thanks to Earl Charles O’Hegerty, the occupant of Tillysburg Castle, near Sankt Florian. It is not known when the song was performed at that time. On 13 May 1996 the work was performed again on the authentic location (Tillysburg Castle). The original manuscript of the work is lost, but a copy by Karl Aigner is stored in the archives of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. The work is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 11 of the .

Text#

uses a text by Ernst Marinelli. The “angel”, to whom the text refers, could be O’Hegerty’s wife, who deceased in 1845, or his son, who deceased in 1854.

Music#

The 89-bar long work in F major is scored for SATB choir with humming voices and soloists.

Discography#

There is a single recording of Des Dankes Wort sei mir vergönnt. * Thomas Kerbl, Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012

Sources#

• 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
• Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012.
• Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. , Salzburg, 1996. .

External links#

• • Des Dankes Wort sei mir vergönnt F-Dur, WAB 62 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs