' (The post of the teacher), WAB 77, is a song composed by

Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

in during his stay in Sankt Florian.

History

Bruckner composed this plea for the teachers on a text possibly of Ernst Marinelli in during his stay in Sankt Florian. Bruckner dedicated the work to his superior, schoolmaster Michael Bogner. The song was possibly performed by the Liedertafel St. Florian for celebrating Bogner's 45th birthday.U. Harten, p. 250C. van Zwol, pp. 720-721 The original manuscript of the work is lost, but copies are stored in the archives of the Liedertafel St. Florian and of the '' Österreichische Nationalbibliothek''. The work, which was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 16–22, of the Göllerich/Auer biography, is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 4 of the '.Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre
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Text

''Der Lehrerstand'' uses a text possibly by Ernst Marinelli.

Music

The 84-

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long work in E-flat major is scored for choir and voice quartet. The choir starts in . On bar 14 ("''Jener Stand ist in seinem Glück''") the voice quartet takes it over in . On bar 45 ("''Mehrmals ward er der Toren Spott''"), the choir takes it over in , turning from bar 60 ("''Kennt ihr den Stand, der Geister weckt''") into , and from bar 72 ("''Für Menschenwohl und Menschenglück''") again in till the end.C. van Zwol, booklet of CD LIVA 054 This first larger work for men's choir tries for original traits, decent effects and expressive differentiation.

Discography

There is a single recording of ''Der Lehrerstand''. * Thomas Kerbl, Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, ''Weltliche Männerchöre'' – CD: LIVA 054, 2012

References

Sources

* August Göllerich, ''Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild'', – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932 * ''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 * Cornelis van Zwol, ''Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken'', uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. * Uwe Harten, ''Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch''. , Salzburg, 1996. . * Crawford Howie, ''Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography'', online revised edition

External links

''Der Lehrerstand'' C-Dur, WAB 77
– Critical discography by Hans Roelofs * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehrerstand, Der Weltliche Chorwerke by Anton Bruckner 1847 compositions Compositions in E-flat major