Английская Википедия:Entsagen, WAB 14
Шаблон:Infobox musical composition
The cantata Шаблон:Lang (Renunciation), WAB 14, is a cantata composed by Anton Bruckner in Шаблон:Circa.
History
Bruckner composed the cantata for the name-day of Michael Arneth, the prior of the St. Florian Abbey. The piece was intended to be performed on Arneth's name-day. It is not known when it was performed.[1]
Why Bruckner has chosen this unsound text for the name-day of his Maecenas remains unexplained. Perhaps he has put so into music his resignation following his father's death or Aloisia Bogner's refusal of his proposal of marriage.[2][3]
The manuscript is stored in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey. A facsimile of the cantata was first issued in band II/2, pp. 47–58 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. The cantata was thereafter issued by Ludwig Daxsperger in 1956.[1] It is put in Band XXII/1 No. 2 of the Шаблон:Lang.[4]
Text
The work is based on the poem Amaranth by Oskar von Redwitz.
<poem>Шаблон:Lang</poem> <poem>O Mary! Noble and clement virgin! Thou didst raise me, the motherless, To the glory of thy Son, Thou most faithful Mother! Teach me also to bear now The will of my Lord, Obedient in renunciation, Thou, star of obedience! Mirror of humility, Mary!
O Mary! Thou source of holy love! Take my love from me And give it so faithfully to her who already gave him the ring! Nothing else grant me Than that he be happy. Just leave me this tear And comfort me, Mother of love, Mary!
O Mary! Strong shield of Heaven! O protect him for ever, On the noisy battlefield, In secret danger! I do not want to desire him, However I bless him for ever. With thy armies of angels O surround his head, Powerful Lady, Mary!</poem>
Setting
The 126-bar long work in [[B-flat major|BШаблон:Flat major]] is scored for [[SATB|Шаблон:Abbr]] choir or quartet, soprano or tenor soloist, and organ (or piano).[1]
The cantata is a ‘spiritual song’ in three sections,[5] in ABA′ form:[3]
- Choir: O Maria! Du Jungfrau mild und hehr!, Шаблон:Lang
- Aria: O Maria! Du Quell der heil'gen Lieb'!, Шаблон:Lang - soprano or tenor soloist
- Choir: O Maria! Du starker Himmelsschild!, Шаблон:Lang
The outer sections are in the form of Protestant chorale,[5] with in bars 16–19 (Die treu'ste Mutter groß!) and 110–113 (In heimlicher Gefahr!) a direct quotation from "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden".[3]
The expressive middle section, a solo for soprano or tenor in F major, is with large intervals and strong modulation. The contrapuntal accompaniment by the organ (or piano) has some reminiscences of the baroque opera.[3]
References
Sources
- August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, Шаблон:Circa – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Шаблон:Ill, Salzburg, 1996. Шаблон:ISBN
- Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXII/1: Kantaten und Chorwerke I (1845–1855), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Franz Burkhart, Rudolf H. Führer and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1987 (Available on IMSLP: Neue Gesamtausgabe, XXII/1. Kantaten und Chorwerke Teil 1: Nr. 1-5)
- Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. Шаблон:ISBN
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
- Шаблон:IMSLP2
- Шаблон:ChoralWiki
- Entsagen B-Dur, WAB 14 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs Шаблон:In lang
- A life recording by the Coro "De Musica Antiqua" de Salamanca with Maria Espada (soprano) can be heard on Youtube: Bruckner - Entsagen
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 C. van Zwol, pp. 711-712
- ↑ The 16-year old Aloisia Bogner, alias Louise or Luise Bogner, was the older daughter of Michaël Bogner, by whom Bruckner had a living accommodation. Bruckner composed for her the lieder Der Mondabend and Frühlingslied, and the piano works Four Lancier-Quadrille, WAB 120, and Steiermärker, WAB 122.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 U. Harten, p. 145
- ↑ Gesamtausgabe – Kantaten und Chorwerke mit Orchester
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 C. Howie, Chapter II, pp. 22