Organ works (Bruckner)
Although he was a very proficient organist, Anton Bruckner left very few compositions for the organ.[1] [2]
Compositions
Only five pieces and two sketches are indubiously autograph compositions:[3]
- Nachspiel (Postlude) in D minor, WAB 126, composed in c. 1846. The manuscript with this and the following work is stored in the archive of St. Florian Abbey: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/6, No. 1[1][2]
- Andante in D minor, WAB 130, composed also in c. 1846: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/6, No. 2[1][2]
- Vorspiel und Fuge (Prelude and fugue) in C minor, WAB 131, composed on 15 March 1847. The incomplete manuscript, which is stored in the archive of Seitenstetten Abbey, was first published in Band II/2, pp. 78-82 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. The incomplete score was completed by FranzPhillip in 1929: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/6 No. 3[4][2]
- Fuge in D minor, WAB 125, composed by Bruckner on 7 November 1861 for an examination he wanted to have in Vienna on 19 November 1861. The sketch is stored in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. The final score is found in the Kitzler-Studienbuch: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/6, No. 4.[4][5]
- Präludium (Perger Präludium) in C major, WAB 129, composed in 1884. A sketch is stored in the archive of Kremsmünster Abbey. The final score, which was given to Bruckner's pupil Otto Loidol, is put in the Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/6, No. 5.[4]
- Improvisationskizze Ischl 1890 (Themes for improvisation), WAB deest, sketched by Bruckner in 1890 for organ playing during the wedding of Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria with Archduke Franz Salvator in Bad Ischl on 30 July 1890. The sketch, which is stored in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, is put in the Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/9, No. 6.[4] The sketch combines the finale of Symphony No. 1, Händel's Hallelujah and the Kaiserhymne.[6]
- Adagio für Orgel (Adagio for organ), WAB deest, a sketch in B major, which was found in 1953 in a catalog of the Musikautographen-Sammlung of Louis Koch. It is a first draft for the main theme of the Adagio of the Symphony No. 9: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/6, No. 7[4][7]
In addition:
- Five short organ preludes in E-flat major, WAB 127 & 128, written in c. 1835. Doubts have been cast on their authenticity. They are presumably copies of compositions by Johan Baptist Weiß or another organist: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/6, No. 8 (Addendum).[8][4] A few other organ works found in Bruckner's Orgelbuch are presumably also transcriptions of works of Johann Baptist Weiß or other composers.
Selected discography
- Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter, Brucknerorgel Stiftskirche Sankt Florian, Verein der Freunde der Oberösterreichischen Stiftskonzerte – LP: ORF/Lesborne L 2955, 1973. A digitalisation of the LP can be heard on John Berky's website: Organ works by Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter (items 5 to 9)
- Erwin Horn, Klais-Orgel Frauenkirche (Nürnberg), Bruckner Orgelwerke – CD: Novalis 150 071-2, 1990
- Rupert Gottfried Frieberger, Brucknerorgel Stiftskirche Sankt Florian, Anton Bruckner - Kirchenmusikalische Werke - CD: Fabian Records CD 5115, 2007
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 C. van Zwol, p. 676
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 C. Howie, Chapter II, p. 30
- ↑ Frühe Orchesterwerke und Instrumentalstücke
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 C. van Zwol, p. 677
- ↑ C. Howie, Chapter III, p. 120
- ↑ U. Harten, p. 210
- ↑ U. Harten, p. 43
- ↑ C. Howie, Chapter I: p. 12
Sources
- August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, c. 1922 – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
- Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XII/6: Organ works (1846–1890), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Erwin Horn (Editor), Vienna, 1998
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
- Compositions by Anton Bruckner: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Scores of organ preludes on John Berky's website
- Werke für Orgel Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (German)