Zur Vermählungsfeier, WAB 54
| Zur Vermählungsfeier | |
|---|---|
| Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
 A 1870 wedding in Austria | |
| English | For the wedding ceremony |
| Key | D major |
| Catalogue | WAB 54 |
| Form | Wedding music |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 27 November 1878 – Vienna |
| Dedication | Wedding of Anton Ölzelt Ritter von Newin |
| Published | 1910 – Vienna & Leipzig |
| Vocal | TTBB choir |
Zur Vermählungsfeier ("For the wedding ceremony"), WAB 54, is a wedding song composed by Anton Bruckner on 27 November 1878.
History
Bruckner composed the setting for the wedding ceremony of his landlord Anton Ölzelt Ritter von Newin with Amalie Edler von Wieser. The piece was intended to be performed during the ceremony in the church of the Klosterneuburg Abbey. However, the ceremony did not occur, because the groom was a Protestant.[1]<ref name "harten">U. Harten, p. 503</ref>
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. It was first published in the yearbook of the Klosterneuburg Abbey (Vienna & Leipzig) in 1910. It has been re-edited by Wöss in 1921 together with the Ave Regina caelorum, WAB 8.[1] It is put in Band XXIII/2, No. 30 of the Gesamtausgabe.[2]
It is not known when the piece was performed first. A performance by the Hilliard Ensemble occurred on 15 September 1993 during the 20th Linzer Brucknerfest.[1]<ref name "harten"/>
Text and music
The work sets a text by Heinrich von der Mattig.
Zwei Herzen haben sich gefunden |
Two hearts have found each other |
The 64-bar long work in D major is scored for a men's choir TTBB a cappella.[1]
Discography
There is a single recording of Zur Vermählungsfeier:
- Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012 (sung by a men's vocal quartet)
References
Sources
- Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXIII/2: Weltliche Chorwerke (1843–1893), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky and Anton Reinthaler (Editor), Vienna, 1989
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
External links
- Zur Vermählungsfeier D-Dur, WAB 54 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (German)
- The performance of Zur Vermählungsfeier, WAB 54, by the Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12 can be heard on YouTube: Zur Vermählungsfeier
