("Autumnal sorrow"), WAB 72 is a

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composed by

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in 1864.

History

Bruckner composed the

on the text of "Ernst", in April 1864 during his stay in

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. It is not known for which purpose the lied was composed.C. Van Zwol, p. 717U. Harten, p. 196 The original manuscript is lost, but a copy of it is stored in the archive of the . A transcription by Emil Posch is also found in the city archive of Linz. In 1930, the work was published in Band III/2, pp. 152–157 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. The song is issued in Band XXIII/1, No. 3 of the .Gesamtausgabe – Lieder für Gesang und Klavier
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Text

The song uses a text by "Ernst".Not further identified. It could be Wenzel Karl Ernst (1830-1910) or Hans Ernst. See: C. van Zwol p. 717.

Music

The 62-

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long work in E minor is scored for solo voice and

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. The emotional mood of the romantic text is outlined by

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figures on the piano,

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developments, fermata, pauses and the contrast

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/ E minor.

Discography

There are four recordings of ''Herbstkummer'': * Marie Luise Bart-Larsson (soprano), Gernot Martzy (piano), ''Kammermusikalische Kostbarkeiten von Anton Bruckner'' – CD: Weinberg Records SW 01 036-2, 1996 * Robert Holzer (bass), Thomas Kerbl (piano), ''Anton Bruckner Lieder/Magnificat'' – CD: LIVA 046, 2011. NB:

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B minor B minor is a minor scale based on B, consisting of the pitches B, C, D, E, F, G, and A. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative major is D major and its parallel major is B major. The B natural minor scale is: : Changes neede ...

. * Elisabeth Wimmer (soprano), Daniel Linton-France (piano) in: ''Bruckner, Anton – Böck liest Bruckner II'' – CD Gramola 99237, 2020 * Calmus Ensemble ''Herbstkummer, WAB 72 - Bruckner Vocal'' – Carus, 2023 (Arr. Rathbone for Vocal Quartet)

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/1: Lieder für Gesang und Klavier'' (1851–1882), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky (Editor), Vienna, 1997 * Cornelis van Zwol, ''Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken'', uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. *

Uwe Harten Uwe Harten (born 16 August 1944) is a German musicologist, who works in Austria. Life Born in , Harten grew up in Hamburg, where he was a boy soprano at the Staatsoper. He took over the roles of a child. In Hamburg he also began his studies of ...

, ''Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch''. , Salzburg, 1996. . * Crawford Howie, ''Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography'', online revised edition

External links

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''Herbstkummer'' e-Moll, WAB 72
– Critical discography by Hans Roelofs {{Authority control Lieder by Anton Bruckner 1864 compositions Compositions in E minor