' ("Wedding chorus"), WAB 49, is a wedding song composed by

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on 8 January 1865.

History

Bruckner composed the setting for the wedding ceremony of his friend Karl Kerschbaum, chairman of the ''Liedertafel'' Frohsinn, with Maria Schimatschek, a concert singer and daughter of Franz Schimatschek.C. Howie, Chapter III, p. 94 The sacred piece was performed by Frohsinn, with Bruckner at the organ, on 5 February 1865 during the celebration of the wedding in the ''Linzer Stadtpfarrkirche'' ( Linz Parish Church).C. van Zwol, p. 724 The original manuscript is stored in the Frohsinn-archive of the ''Linzer Singakademie''. After this single performance the music fell into oblivion. It was first published in band III/2, pp. 219–224 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It is put in Band XXIII/2, No. 18 of the '.Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre
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Music

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long work in F major is scored for choir, voice quartet, and organ. The setting of the first strophe (bars 1 to 17) is sung by the choir. The setting of the second strophe (bars 18 to 38) is sung by the vocal quartet. Thereafter the setting of the first strophe is repeated ''da capo''. In the newspaper ''Linzer Zeitung'' of 8 February 1865 the work was praised as a unique product of a creative spirit (''originelle Geistesschöpfung'').

Discography

There are two recordings of the ''Trauungschor'': * Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 08, ''Anton Bruckner Männerchöre'' – CD: LIVA 027, 2008 * * Yoshihiko Iwasa, MGV Tokyo Lieder Tafel 1925 (TLT), ''MGV Tokyo Lieder Tafel 1925'' - CD issued by the choir, 2016

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. * Crawford Howie, ''Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography'', online revised edition

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