' (Deliver me),
WAB 21, is the first of two settings of the
absoute ''
Libera me'', 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 .
History
Bruckner composed the motet during his stay in
Kronstorf
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. The work was presumably performed at that time.
[U. Harten, pp. 253-254]
The original manuscript is lost, but there are two good copies, one made by Max Auer (Kronstorf, 1903). The motet was first published in band I, pp. 243–248 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.
[C. van Zwol, pp. 700] It is put in Band XXI/3 of the '.
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Music
The work is scored in F major for mixed choir and organ. In this youth work, two parts of the responsory
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Definition
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are not included: the second "''Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra''" and the second "''Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem''".
Discography
There are a few recordings of this first setting of ''Libera me'':
* Joseph Pancik, Prager Kammerchor, ''Anton Bruckner: Motetten / Choral-Messe '' – CD: Orfeo C 327 951 A, 1993 - transcription ''a cappella'' with repeat of the first verse
* Dan-Olof Stenlund
Dan-Olof Bertil Stenlund (born 25 October 1937 in Skellefteå) is a Swedish university professor and choir conductor.
Life and work
Dan-Olof Stenlund, was born in 1937 in Skellefteå, the son of the cantor Bertil Stenlund and his wife Esther Vi ...
, Malmö Kammarkör, ''Bruckner: Ausgewählte Werke'' – CD: Malmö Kammarkör MKKCD 051, 2004
* Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 09, ''Anton Bruckner: Chöre/Klaviermusik'' – CD: LIVA 034, 2009
* Łukasz Borowicz, ''Anton Bruckner: Requiem'', RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – CD: Accentus ACC30474, 2019 - Cohrs edition with revised organ accompaniment and repeat of the first verse
* Sigvards Klava, Latvian Radio Choir
The Latvian Radio Choir (Latvijas Radio koris) is the professional chamber choir of Latvian Radio which was founded in 1940 by the Latvian conductor Teodors Kalnins. Following the musical direction by Edgars Račevskis (1963–1986) and Juris Kļ ...
, ''Bruckner: Latin Motets'', 2019 – CD Ondine OD 1362
* Christian Erny, The Zurich Chamber Singers, ''Bruckner Spectrum'' - CD: Berlin Classics LC06203, 2022
References
Sources
* August Göllerich
August Göllerich (2 July 185916 March 1923) was an Austrian pianist, conductor, music educator and music writer. He studied the piano with Franz Liszt, who made him also his secretary and companion on concert tours. Göllerich is known for study ...
, ''Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild'', – 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.
* 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''. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1996. .
External links
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Libera me F-Dur, WAB 21
Critical discography by Hans Roelofs
* Live performance the Spanish Coro Gaudeamus under the baton of Antonio Peces
Libera me, WAB 21
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Motets by Anton Bruckner
1843 compositions
Compositions in F major