Wie bist du, Frühling, gut und treu, WAB 58
| Wie bist du Frühling, gut und treu | |
|---|---|
| Lied by Anton Bruckner | |
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Spring in Rohrwald, Lower Austria | |
| Key | G major |
| Catalogue | WAB 58 |
| Text | Oskar von Redwitz |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 1856 – St. Florian |
| Dedication | Friedrich Mayer |
| Vocal | Solo voice |
| Instrumental | Piano |
Wie bist du, Frühling, gut und treu ("Springtime, how good and faithful you are"), WAB 68 is a lied composed by Anton Bruckner in 1856 on a text of Oskar von Redwitz.
History
Bruckner composed the lied on five strophes of Oskar von Redwitz' Amaranths Waldeslieder. [1] He dedicated the work to Friedrich Mayer, prelate of the St. Florian Abbey.[2][3]
Two original manuscripts are stored in the Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek and by the editor Anton Böhn & Sohn in Augsburg. The lied was first published in 1902 by Max Marschalk in Die Musik, Band 1, No. 17.[2][3] The first public performance occurred during a concert of the Wiener Akademischer Wagner-Verein on 5 February 1903 by Gisella Seehofer, who then also premiered Bruckner's Ave Maria, WAB 7 and Im April.[4]
In 1930, a facsimile of it was published in Band III/2, pp. 184-188 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[2] The song is issued in Band XXIII/1, No. 2 of the Gesamtausgabe.[5]
Text and music
The song uses strophes 1, 2, 3, 8 & 9 of Oskar von Redwitz' Amaranths Waldeslieder.
Wie bist du, Frühling, gut und treu, |
Springtime, how good and faithful you are, |
The 102-bar long work in G major is scored for solo voice and piano.
Discography
There is a single recording of Wie bist du Frühling, gut und treu:
- Robert Holzer (bass), Thomas Kerbl (piano), Anton Bruckner Lieder/Magnificat – CD: LIVA 046, 2011. NB: Transposed in E major.
References
- ↑ Oskar von Redwitz, Amaranth (29. Auflage), Franz Kirchheim, Mainz, 1874, pp. 72-74
- 1 2 3 C. Van Zwol, p. 716
- 1 2 U. Harten, p. 49
- ↑ C. van Zwol, p. 718
- ↑ Gesamtausgabe – Lieder für Gesang und Klavier
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 XXIII/1: Lieder für Gesang und Klavier (1851–1882), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky (Editor), Vienna, 1997
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
External links
- Amaranths Waldeslieder G-Dur, WAB 58 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (German)
