The two , WAB 47/1 & 47/2, are elegies composed by Anton Bruckner in 1852.
History Bruckner composed these two motets in 1852 for the funeral of his friend Josef Seiberl. The original manuscript is in the of Wels and a transcription is in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek.C. van Zwol, p. 703
The two Totenlieder were first published in band II/2, pp. 141–144 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. They are put in Band XXI/16 of the .Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
Text You, who go today with me to the tomb And are now convened by my corps, Do not stick your soul and heart to this vanity! Look only for Gods kingdom and for justice.
Music The works are scored for choir a cappella. The first setting in E-flat major is 10-bar long. The second setting in F major is 19-bar long.
Discography
There are a few recordings of the Totenlieder: Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor, Bruckner - Music of St Florian Period (II) - CD: BSVD-0111 (Bruckner Archive), 1985 - only the first Totenlied Duncan Ferguson, Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral of Edinburgh, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Delphian Records DCD34071, 2010 Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 2011, Anton Bruckner Lieder/Magnificat – CD: LIVA 046, 2011 Philipp von Steinäcker, Vocalensemble Musica Saeculorum, Bruckner: Pange lingua - Motetten - CD: Fra Bernardo FB 1501271, 2015 Łukasz Borowicz, Anton Bruckner: Requiem, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – CD: Accentus ACC30474, 2019
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 XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001 Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012.
External links
- Totenlied No.1 - Totenlied No.2 Totenlied Es-Dur, WAB 47 and Totenlied F-Dur, WAB 48 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs Totenlied No. 1 by the Osaka Bay Mixed Choir - Early spring concert, 24 February 2025