Wie bist du, Frühling, gut und treu, WAB 58

History#

Bruckner composed the lied on five strophes of Oskar von Redwitz’ . He dedicated the work to Friedrich Mayer, prelate of the St. Florian Abbey. Two original manuscripts are stored in the and by the editor Anton Böhn & Sohn in Augsburg. The lied was first published in 1902 by Max Marschalk in Die Musik, Band 1, No. 17. In 1930, a facsimile of it was published in Band III/2, pp. 184–188 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.

Text#

The song uses strophes 1, 2, 3, 8 & 9 of Oskar von Redwitz’ Amaranths Waldeslieder.

Music#

The 102-bar long work in G major is scored for solo voice and piano.

Discography#

There are two recordings of Wie bist du Frühling, gut und treu: * Robert Holzer (bass), Thomas Kerbl (piano), Anton Bruckner Lieder/Magnificat – CD: LIVA 046, 2011. NB: Transposed in E major. * Elisabeth Wimmer (soprano), Daniel Linton-France (piano) in “Bruckner, Anton – Böck liest Bruckner I” – CD – Gramola 99195, 3 October 2018 (in 3 parts)

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 XXIII/1: Lieder für Gesang und Klavier (1851–1882), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky (Editor), Vienna, 1997
• 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#

• Amaranths Waldeslieder G-Dur, WAB 58 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs
• Rüdiger Büll (baritone), Ulrike Zeitler (piano): first item of Anton Bruckner – Wie bist du Frühling WAB58 + Mein Herz und deine Stimme WAB79 - transposed in E major