• Source: Two Totenlieder (Bruckner)

The two Totenlieder, WAB 47/1 & 47/2, are elegies composed by Anton Bruckner in 1852.




History


Bruckner composed these two motets in 1852 for the funeral of his friend Josef Seiberl. The original manuscript is in the Stadtmuseum of Wels and a transcription is in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.
The two Totenlieder were first published in band II/2, pp. 141–144 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. They are put in Band XXI/16 of the Gesamtausgabe.




Text






Music


The works are scored for SATB choir a cappella. The first setting in E-flat major is 10-bar long. The second setting in F major is 19-bar long.




Discography


There are a few recordings of the Totenlieder:

Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor, Bruckner - Music of St Florian Period (II) - CD: BSVD-0111 (Bruckner Archive), 1985 - only the first Totenlied
Duncan Ferguson, Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral of Edinburgh, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Delphian Records DCD34071, 2010
Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 2011, Anton Bruckner Lieder/Magnificat – CD: LIVA 046, 2011
Philipp von Steinäcker, Vocalensemble Musica Saeculorum, Bruckner: Pange lingua - Motetten - CD: Fra Bernardo FB 1501271, 2015
Łukasz Borowicz, Anton Bruckner: Requiem, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – CD: Accentus ACC30474, 2019




References






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 XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9




External links


Totenlied No.1, WAB 47/1: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Totenlied No.2, WAB 47/2: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Free scores for Two Totenlieder (Bruckner) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki) - Totenlied No.1
Free scores for Two Totenlieder (Bruckner) in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki) - Totenlied No.2
Totenlied Es-Dur, WAB 47 and Totenlied F-Dur, WAB 48 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)

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