Chamber Music (Bruckner)

In addition to his orchestral and vocal compositions, Anton Bruckner composed a few works for chamber ensembles during his stays in Linz and Vienna.

Linz period

After the end of Sechter's tuition, Bruckner studied by Otto Kitzler to exercise further in orchestration. During this period (1862-1863) he composed the following works for string quartet:
* Scherzi in F major and G minor, WAB 209. These two scherzi, composed during the spring of 1862, are found on of the .Gesamtausgabe – Kitzler Studienbuch (Faksimile)
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The Scherzo in G minor, "a dark, quick movement with a schumannesque, sunny Trio in G major", was performed first in an arrangement for string orchestra on 28 May 2016 by the Göttinger Barockorchester under the baton of Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs.Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs conducts more premieres from the Bruckner Studybook
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The original version of the two scherzi was premiered by the Bruckners Kammermusik ensemble in Tokyo on 8 March 2019. The performances can be heard on YouTube and on John Berky's site.
* Theme and variations in E-flat major, WAB 210, found on of the ''Kitzler-Studienbuch''
* The String Quartet in C minor, WAB 111, was composed between 28 July and 7 August 1862 as a further student exercise. The work, which is found on pp. 165–196 of the , is issued in Band XIII/1 of the .Gesamtausgabe – Kammermusik
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* Rondo in C minor, WAB 208. After the completion of the composition of the String Quartet, Kitzler tasked Bruckner with writing a new, more fully developed final rondo for the Quartet. The new rondo, which was composed on 15 August 1862, is found on pp. 197–206 of the . It is issued separate in Band XII/1 of the .Gesamtausgabe – Frühe Orchesterwerke und Instrumentalstücke
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During the period following Kitzler's tuition Bruckner composed the following work:
* '' Abendklänge'' (Evening harmonies), WAB 110, is a 36- bar long character piece in E minor for violin and piano, which Anton Bruckner composed on 7 June 1866 for Hugo von Grienberger. The work, the manuscript of which is stored in the archive of the , is put in Band XII/7 of the .

Vienna period

During his stay in Vienna, Bruckner composed the following works for viola quintet:
* The String Quintet in F major, WAB 112, was composed between December 1878 and July 1879 at the request of Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. and was dedicated to Duke Max Emanuel of Bavaria.C. van Zwol, pp. 683–684 The work, the manuscript of which is stored in the archive of the , is put in Band XIII/2 of the .
* The Intermezzo in D minor, WAB 113, was composed on 21 December 1879. It was intended to replace the scherzo of the String Quintet, which Hellmesberger found too challenging for the group to perform.U. Harten, pp. 216–217 The Intermezzo, the manuscript of which is stored in the archive of the , is put with the String Quintet in Band XIII/2 of the .

References

Sources

* ''Anton Bruckner: Sämtliche Werke, Band XXV: Das Kitzler Studienbuch (1861-1863)'', facsimile, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Paul Hawkshaw and Erich Wolfgang Partsch (Editors), Vienna, 2015
* ''Anton Bruckner: Sämtliche Werke: Band XIII/1: Streichquartett C-Moll'' Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1955
* ''Anton Bruckner: Sämtliche Werke: Band XII/1: Rondo C-Moll'', Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1985
* ''Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XII/7: ''Abendklänge'' for violin and piano'', Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Walburga Litschauer (editor), Vienna, 1995
* ''Anton Bruckner: Sämtliche Werke: Band XIII/2: Streichquintett F-Dur / Intermezzo D-Moll'', Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Gerold W. Gruber (Editor), Vienna, 2007
* Uwe Harten, ''Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch''. , Salzburg, 1996. .
* Cornelis van Zwol, ''Anton Bruckner 1824-1896 - Leven en werken'', uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012.

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