Veni Creator Spiritus, WAB 8
| Veni Creator Spiritus | |
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| by Anton Bruckner | |
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Pfingstwunder by Fidelis Schabet | |
| Key | Gregorian mode |
| Catalogue | WAB 50 |
| Form | Hymn |
| Text | Veni Creator Spiritus |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | c. 1884 – Vienna |
| Published | 1932 – Klosterneuburg |
| Vocal | Voice(s) |
| Instrumental | Organ |
Veni Creator Spiritus ("Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest"), WAB 50, is a motet composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1884.
History
The motet was composed in c. 1884. Bruckner's manuscript is stored in the Schlägl Abbey, where it was retrieved in 1831. The motet was first published in band IV/1, p. 524 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[1] It is put in Band XXI/36 of the Gesamtausgabe.[2]
Music
The motet is a harmonisation of the Gregorian hymn Veni Creator Spiritus for voice(s) and organ.
Discography
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Veni Creator Spiritus:
- Jonathan Brown, Ealing Abbey Choir, Anton Bruckner: Sacred Motets – CD: Herald HAVPCD 213, 1997 (transcription for male voice choir a cappella)
References
- ↑ C. van Zwol, p. 708
- ↑ Gesamtausgabe – Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
Sources
- August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, c. 1922 – 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. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
External links
- Veni Creator Spiritus, WAB 50 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (German)
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