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Anton Bruckner

Herz Jesu-Lied

("Song of the Heart of Jesus"), WAB 144, is the second of two motets of Anton Bruckner's St. Florian period, which is of uncertain authorship. If Bruckner was the composer, it was composed presumably

History#

If Bruckner was the composer, he composed the motet in 1845–46 during his stay in St. Florian Abbey. The text is a hymn to the Sacred Heart. The motet was first published in band II/2, pp. 11–12 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.

Music#

The work of 24-bar in B-flat major, which is scored for mixed choir and organ, contains two short passages for tenor and bass soloists, and soprano soloist, respectively, and ends with an organ postlude.

Discography#

There are only 2 recordings: * Dan-Olof Stenlund, Malmö Kammarkör, Bruckner: Ausgewählte Werke – CD: Malmö Kammarkör MKKCD 051, 2004 * Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 2011, Anton Bruckner: Lieder / Magnificat – CD: LIVA 046, 2011

Sources#

  • August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
  • Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
  • Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012.
  • Herz Jesu-Lied B-Dur, WAB 144 (um 1845/46?) Critical discography by Hans Roelofs
  • Live performances of the motet
  • Ó Jézus éltem fénye by Márta Bálint conducting the Érsekcsanádi Összhang Kórus
  • Ó, Jézus éltem fénye by Bettina Torgyik conducting the Choir of the Újpest Baptist Church, Budapest (16 April 2017) - with additional string accompaniment
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Anton Bruckner