Aequale

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As Aequale (also Equale or Equal ), from lat. Aequalis = equal, it is a composition for several identical instruments, usually trumpets called. This is a local tradition in the area around the Austrian city of Linz , which can be traced back to the first half of the 18th century. The short, chorale-like and solemnly serious pieces were created for funerals or to commemorate All Souls' deaths .

The best-known Aequale composers are Ludwig van Beethoven (3 Equale for 4 trombones WoO 30, 1812) and Anton Bruckner (2 Aequale for 3 trombones, WAB 114 and 149, each in C minor, 1847). While Beethoven's pieces were written for the Linz Cathedral Kapellmeister Franz Xaver Glöggl (to whom the term “Aequale” for this type of work can be traced back), Bruckner probably wrote his two compositions for the funeral of his great-aunt Rosalia Mayrhofer. He may have been aware of the 6 aequals for 3 and 4 trombones by the Linz church musician Wenzel Lambel (1788–1861), probably also from the 1840s .

The term aequal is also used specifically for the organ and means here the 8-foot position encompassing the range of the human voice .

Individual proof

  1. ^ Carl Dahlhaus , Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (Ed.): Brockhaus Riemann Music Lexicon. Vol. 1, Schott, Mainz / Piper, Munich, 3rd edition 1989, ISBN 3-7957-8301-1 , p. 49.

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