Der Lehrerstand | |
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Secular choral work by Anton Bruckner | |
![]() Private education in the early 19th century | |
Key | E-flat major |
Catalogue | WAB 77 |
Language | German |
Composed | c. 1847 : Sankt Florian |
Dedication | Michael Bogner |
Published | 1932 Regensburg : |
Vocal | TTBB choir and voice quartet |
Der Lehrerstand (The post of the teacher), WAB 77, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1847 during his stay in Sankt Florian.
History
[edit]Bruckner composed this plea for the teachers on a text possibly of Ernst Marinelli in c. 1847 during his stay in Sankt Florian. Bruckner dedicated the work to his superior, schoolmaster Michael Bogner.[1]
The song was possibly performed by the Liedertafel St. Florian for celebrating Bogner's 45th birthday.[2][3][4]
The original manuscript of the work is lost, but copies are stored in the archives of the Liedertafel St. Florian and of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. The work, which was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 16–22, of the Göllerich/Auer biography,[4][3] is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 4 of the Gesamtausgabe.[5]
Text
[edit]Der Lehrerstand uses a text possibly by Ernst Marinelli.
Die Zeit weiset auf einen Stand, |
Time points at a post, |
Music
[edit]The 84-bar long work in E-flat major is scored for TTBB choir and voice quartet. The choir starts in 4
4. On bar 14 ("Jener Stand ist in seinem Glück") the voice quartet takes it over in 3
4. On bar 45 ("Mehrmals ward er der Toren Spott"), the choir takes it over in 4
4, turning from bar 60 ("Kennt ihr den Stand, der Geister weckt") into 6
8, and from bar 72 ("Für Menschenwohl und Menschenglück") again in 4
4 till the end.[4][6] This first larger work for men's choir tries for original traits, decent effects and expressive differentiation.[3]
Discography
[edit]- Thomas Kerbl, Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012
- Markus Stumpner, Erinnerung - Bruckner in St. Florian, St. Florianer Sängerknaben, Solo Musica SM 450, 2024 - Arr. for Choir & Fortepiano by Franz Farnberger
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, c. 1922 – 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. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
- Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag , Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
- Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
[edit]- Der Lehrerstand C-Dur, WAB 77 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
- Der Lehrerstand, WAB 77: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project