Abendklänge, WAB 110

Abendklänge
by Anton Bruckner
Key E minor
Catalogue WAB 110
Form Character piece
Composed 7 June 1866 (1866-06-07) – Linz
Dedication Hugo von Grienberger
Instrumental Violin and piano

Abendklänge (Evening harmonies), WAB 110, is a character piece, which Anton Bruckner composed in 1866.

History

Bruckner composed the piece on 7 June 1866. He dedicated it to Hugo von Grienberger, a civil servant in the district court. It is not known when the piece was performed.[1][2][3]

The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. A facsimile of it was first published in Band I, pp. 104–105 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[1][2] The work is issued in Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/7.[2]

Text and music

The 36-bar long work in E minor is scored for violin and piano. Of the 36 bars only 14 are played by the violin.[2]

Discography

There is a single commercial recording of Abendklänge:

References

  1. 1 2 U. Harten, p. 42
  2. 1 2 3 4 C. van Zwol, p. 681
  3. ↑ C. Howie, Chapter III: p. 122

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