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Tota pulchra es, WAB 46, is a sacred motet by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.




History


The work, which was composed on 30 March 1878 between symphonies 5 and 6, is scoring the Latin antiphon Tota pulchra es. It was performed on 4 June 1878 in the Votive Chapel of the new cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Franz-Josef Rudigier as bishop of Linz.
The manuscript is archived at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. The Widmungsexemplar (dedicated copy) is stored in the archive of the new cathedral. The motet was edited, together with the Ave Maria WAB 6, by Emil Wetzler, Vienna in 1887. It is put in Band XXI/27 of the Gesamtausgabe.




Music


The 80-bars piece, scored for solo tenor, choir and organ, is primarily in the Phrygian mode, with some remote enharmonic modulation.
In the first part (bars 1-16) the soloist and the choir are dialoguing a cappella. In the second part (bars 17-36), which begins fortissimo by the soloist with the organ on "Tu gloria Jerusalem", the choir becomes divided till 9 voices. In the third part (bars 37-52), which begins on "O, Maria", the soloist and the choir are dialoguing a cappella as in the first part. In the last part, which begins as in the second part by the soloist with the organ on "Ora pro nobis", the choir goes on diminuendo till the end in pianissimo.




Selected discography


Bruckner's Tota pulchra es was first recorded in 1929 by Ludwig Berberich with the Münchner Domchor, 1929 (78 rpm: Polydor/Grammophon 27119)
A selection of the about 40 recordings:

Eugen Jochum, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Bruckner: Symphony No.4, Motets – LP: DG 139134/5, 1966
Hans Zanotelli, Philharmonia vocal-ensemble Stuttgart, Anton Brucknr, Lateinische Motetten – CD: Calig CAL 50 477, 1979
Matthew Best, Corydon Singers, Bruckner: Motets - CD: Hyperion CDA66062, 1982
Elmar Hausmann, Capella Vocale St. Aposteln Köln, Anton Bruckner, Missa solemnis in B, Motetten – LP: Aulos AUL 53 569, 1983
Wolfgang Schäfer, Freiburg Vocal Ensemble, Anton Bruckner: Motetten – CD: Christophorus 74 501, 1984
Herbert Böck, Concentus Vocalis Wien, Bruckner: Motetten; Distler: Totentanz – CD: Koch Schwann 317 008 H1, 1988
Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Linzer Jeunesse Chor, Tota pulchra – CD: Ausgabe des Chores, 2005
Michael Stenov, Cantores Carmeli, Benefizkonzert Karmelitenkirche Linz - CD/DVD issued by the choir, 2006, and on YouTube.
Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Anton Bruckner: Tantum ergo - CD: ASC Edition 3, issue of the choir, 2008




References






Sources


Max Auer, Anton Bruckner als Kirchenmusiker, G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1927
Anton Bruckner - Sämtliche Werke, Band XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9




External links


Tota pulchra es, WAB 46: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Free scores for Tota pulchra es (Bruckner) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Tota pulchra es phrygisch, WAB 46 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
A performance of Bruckner's Tota pulchra es by the Sankt Florianer Sängerknaben can be heard on their website
Live performances
by the Webern Kammerchor (8 December 2021) can be heard on YouTube: Tota pulchra es, WAB 46
by Ricardo Luna with the Wiener Madrigalchor can be heard at 42:29 of the Benefizkonzert für den Wiener Stephansdom, 6 October 2007

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