Te Deum (Bruckner)

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The Te Deum in C major by Anton Bruckner ( WAB 45), written in 1881, revised 1883–1884, is considered to be one of the most important great choral works of its time and one of the high points of the composer's artistic output.

Work history and reception

It was premiered on January 10, 1886 by the Wiener Singverein in the Musikvereinssaal under Hans Richter . A second performance of the version for two pianos took place on May 2, 1885 in Vienna. The work was published in 1885 by Verlag Theodor Rättig , Vienna.

Bruckner described his Te Deum as “the pride of my life”: “When the good Lord calls me and asks: 'Where do you have the talents that I have given you?' I hold the piano roll with my Te Deum for him back, and he will me be a merciful judge. "he dedicated his work AMDG Even Gustav Mahler was impressed by the work: In his personal transcript of records he has the subtitle" for chorus, soloists, orchestra and organ "with" for the tongues of angels, God blessed , tormented hearts and fire-purified souls "replaced.

In the Adagio of the 7th Symphony , Bruckner quotes the theme non confundar in aeternum from his Te Deum. Bruckner could not finish the final movement of his 9th symphony . Shortly before his death, he is said to have decreed that in this case the Te Deum had to be played as a substitute for it. However, this has rarely been taken into account in concert practice. With Bruckner's composition (and also Verdi's Te Deum , the fourth part of the Quattro pezzi sacri ) the Te Deum was established as a concert piece.

occupation

construction

  1. Te Deum laudamus
  2. Te ergo quaesumus
  3. Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis
  4. Salvum fac populum tuum
  5. In te, domine, speravi

literature

  • Alfred Beaujean: Te Deum in C major. In: Hans Gebhard (Ed.): Harenberg Chormusikführer. Harenberg, Dortmund 1999, ISBN 3-611-00817-6 , p. 179.
  • Alfred Heuss: Te Deum by Anton Bruckner: small concert guide. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1908.
  • Alan Crawford Howie: The sacred music of Anton Bruckner. Ph.D. thesis, Victoria University of Manchester 1969.
  • Arnold Jacobshagen : Te Deum WAB 45. In: Silke Leopold , Ullrich Scheideler : Oratorio guide. Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-00977-7 , pp. 109-111.
  • Peter Griesbacher : Bruckner's Te Deum, study. Pustet, Regensburg 1919.
  • Winfried Kirsch: Studies on the vocal style of Anton Bruckner's middle and late creative period. Phil. Diss., Frankfurt am Main 1958.
  • Leopold Nowak : Problems with the publication of sketches, illustrated by an example from Anton Bruckner's Te Deum. In: Joseph Schmidt-Görg (Ed.): Anthony van Hoboken, Festschrift for the 75th birthday. Schott, Mainz 1962, pp. 115–121.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anton Bruckner's "Te Deum" - "For angels' tongues, godly, tormented hearts and fire-purified souls". In: CulturaLista! August 17, 2019, accessed on September 14, 2019 (German).