Festgesang, WAB 15
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The ''Festgesang'' (Festive song), WAB 15, is a
cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...
composed by
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 ...
in 1855.


History

This cantata, also called ''Jodok Cantata'', is the last of three larger-scale occasional compositions. Bruckner composed it on 6 December 1855 for the
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of Jodok Stülz, the
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of the St. Florian Abbey,C. van Zwol, p. 713 as a "Farewell to St. Florian", three weeks before he moved to
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.C. van Zwol, p. 64 The piece was intended to be performed on 13 December 1855 (Stülz's name day) or the evening before. The manuscript is stored in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey. The manuscript was retrieved in 1921 by Franz Xaver Müller in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey.U. Harten, pp.151-152 A facsimile was first published in volume II/2, pp. 241–244 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It is published in volume XXII/1 no. 5 of the '.Gesamtausgabe – Kantaten und Chorwerke mit Orchester
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Text

The text used for the cantata is by an unknown author: :


Setting

The in total 143-
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long work in
C major C major is a major scale based on C, consisting of the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. C major is one of the most common keys used in music. Its key signature has no flats or sharps. Its relative minor is A minor and its parallel min ...
is scored for choir and soloists, and piano. The cantata is in six parts: #
Recitative Recitative (, also known by its Italian name recitativo () is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech. Recitative does not repeat lines ...
"''Sankt Jodok sproß''": bass soloist (bars 1–7) #
Aria In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air (music), air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrument (music), instrumental or orchestral accompan ...
"''In Einsamkeit zurückgezogen''": bass soloist (bars 8–23) # Choir "''Du bist der Vater''": mixed choir (bars 27–79) ''Ziemlich langsam, gemütlich'' # Aria "''Du pflegst das Herz''": soprano soloist (bars 80–102) ''Langsam, mit Gefühl'' # Recitative "''Nicht minder ziert''": tenor soloist (bars 103–109) # Finale "''Heil unserm Vater''": mixed choir (bars 100–143) ''Mäßig langsam'' Despite it contains already own ideas of the composer, the 6-part cantata looks somewhat archaic with its two recitatives, arias and choir parts. The arias look back to
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examples, in which a
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instrument accompany the solo-singer. The choir parts – a little in the follow of
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– refer with imitation phrases to florid counterpoint.


Discography

There is a single recording of the ''Festgesang'': * Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 2011, ''Anton Bruckner Lieder/Magnificat'' – CD: LIVA 046, 2011


References


Sources

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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 XXII/1: Kantaten und Chorwerke I (1845–1855)'', Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Franz Burkhart, Rudolf H. Führer and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1987 (Available on IMSLP
Neue Gesamtausgabe, XXII/1. Kantaten und Chorwerke Teil 1: Nr. 1-5
*
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. * 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


External links

*
Festgesang C-Dur, WAB 15
Critical discography by Hans Roelofs * Thomas Kerbl's performance can be heard on YouTube
''Kantate für Dechant Jodok Stulz'', WAB 15
{{Authority control Cantatas by Anton Bruckner 1855 cantatas Compositions in C major