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composed in 1882.

History

Bruckner composed the song on a text of an unknown author, possibly Heinrich von der Mattig, on 3 February 1882. He dedicated it to August Göllerich senior. With Buckner's agreement, Karl Kerschbaum, the secretary of the Liedertafel ''Frohsinn'', put another, more generalised text on the score to increase the chance of performances. The piece was first performed by ''Frohsinn'' in Wels during the fifth ' (feast of the singers associations from

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) on 10 June 1883.U. Harten, pp. 375-376C. van Zwol, pp. 728-729 The song was a favourite of the Liedertafel ''Frohsinn'', which performed it again in

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in September 1890. As homage to their honorary chairman, ''Frohsinn'' performed the song on 4 September 1894 for celebrating Bruckner's 70th birthday. The piece, of which the original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel ''Frohsinn'', was published first in 1911 by

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) with Kerschbaum's text. It is issued with both texts in Band XXIII/2, No. 31 of the '.Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre
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Lyrics

The original manuscript of ''Sängerbund'' was using lyrics of an unknown author, possibly Heinrich von der Mattig. The song was later edited with a revised lyrics by Karl Kerschbaum:

Music

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long work in

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is scored for choir. The first strophe begins as a fanfare and evolves via a series of sixth chords to the ending tonic chord. The second strophe begins similarly and evolves from A major via a sixth chord of F minor to the same end as the first strophe.

Discography

''Sängerbund'' (with Karl Kerschbaum's text) was recorded three times by Attila Nagy with the ''Universitätssängerschaft 'Barden zu Wien in 1996 (100th anniversary of Bruckner's death): * on 18 May 1996: ''Anton Bruckner und seine Zeit'' – CD: disc-lazarus DL-USB 8B * on 7 June 1996: ''Bruckner-Festabend anlässlich des 100. Todestages von Ehrenmitglied Anton Bruckner'' – CD: disc-lazarus DL-USB 8C * on 26 October 1996: ''Konzert im Brucknerjahr'' – CD: disc-lazarus DL-USB 8D

References

Sources

* ''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. .

External links

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''Sängerbund'' C-Dur, WAB 82
– Critical discography by Hans Roelofs {{DEFAULTSORT:Sangerbund'', WAB 82 Weltliche Chorwerke by Anton Bruckner 1882 compositions Compositions in C major German patriotic songs