(Evening sounds),
WAB 110, is a
character piece for violin and piano, which
Anton Bruckner
Joseph Anton Bruckner (; ; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his Symphonies by Anton Bruckner, symphonies and sacred music, which includes List of masses by Anton Bruckner, Masses, Te Deum (Br ...
composed in 1866.
History
Bruckner composed the piece on 7 June 1866. He dedicated it to Hugo von Grienberger, a civil servant in the district court. It is not known when the piece was performed.
[U. Harten, p. 42][C. van Zwol, p. 681]
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the . A facsimile of it was first published in Band I, pp. 104–105 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.
The work is issued in , Band XII/7.
Music
The 36-
bar long work in
E minor
E minor is a minor scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has one sharp, on the F. Its relative major is G major and its parallel major is E major.
The E natural minor scale is:
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is scored for violin and piano. Of the 36 bars only 14 (bars 17-20 and 23-32) are played by the violin.
Discography
There are three recordings of ''Abendklänge'':
* Josef Sabaini (violin), Thomas Kerbl (piano), ''Anton Bruckner Chöre/Klaviermusik'' – CD: LIVA 034, 2009
* Wolfgang Göllner (violin), Albert Sassmann (piano), ''5 aus Österreich'' – CD: KKV Records
* Alexander Knaak (violin), Daniel Linton-France (piano) in: ''Bruckner, Anton – Böck liest Bruckner II'' – CD: Gramola 99237, 2020
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 XII/7: ''Abendklänge'' for violin and piano'', Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft,
Walburga Litschauer (editor), Vienna, 1995
* 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
*
Abendklänge e-Moll, WAB 110Critical discography by Hans Roelofs
* Live performances:
** Laurens Weinhold (violin) and Philipp Scheucher (piano) on 17 August 2020 at the St. Florianer Brucknertage:
St. Florianer Brucknertage 2020
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''Abendklänge''
** YuEun Gemma Kim (violin) and Alexander Maria Wagner (piano) at 1:14:10 o
Jubiläumskonzertreihe 1 : Alte & neue Fantasien (13 March 2024)
** So Hyun Joey Park (violin) and Shinjun Rafael Kim (piano)
Anton Bruckner's Abendklänge
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Chamber music by Anton Bruckner
1866 compositions
Compositions in E minor