(I have found David), WAB 19, is a sacred motet composed by Anton Bruckner in 1868.
History Bruckner composed the motet on 21 April 1868 at the end of his stay in Linz. He wrote it for the 24th anniversary of the . The first performance occurred on 10 May 1868 as offertory of a mass of Antonio Lotti.C. van Zwol, p. 705C. Howie, chapter III, p. 95
The manuscript is archived at the Linzer Singakademie (Frohsinn-archive).U. Harten, p.329 The motet was first published in band III/2, pp. 239–244 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It is put in Band XXI/23 of the .Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
Music The text is taken from Psalm 89 ().
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The work is a setting of 46 bars in F minor for choir and 4 trombones.
The last 16 bars consist of an Alleluja, for which Bruckner drew his inspiration from the Hallelujah of Händel's Messiah, on which he often improvised on the organ.
Discography The first recording occurred in 1959: Martin Koekelkoren, Mastreechter Staar, Royal Male Choir Mastreechter Staar – 45 rpm: Philips 402 155 NE
Other recordings: Joachim Martini, Junge Kantorei, Geistliche Chormusik der Romantik – LP: Schwarzwald MPS 13004, 1970 Martin Flämig, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Ave Maria – Anton Bruckner: Geistliche Chöre-Motets – CD: Capriccio 10 081, 1985 Hans-Christoph Rademann, NDR Chor Hamburg, Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria – CD: Carus 83.151, 2000 Dan-Olof Stenlund, Malmö Kammarkör, Bruckner: Ausgewählte Werke - CD: Malmö Kammarkör MKKCD 051, 2004 Michael Stenov, Cantores Carmeli, Benefizkonzert Karmelitenkirche Linz - CD/DVD issued by the choir, 2006. Thomas Kerbl, Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 08, Anton Bruckner, Männerchöre – CD: LIVA027, 2008 Philipp Ahmann, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Anton Bruckner & Michael Haydn - Motets – SACD: Pentatone PTC 5186 868, 2021
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. Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. , Salzburg, 1996.
External links
Inveni David f-Moll, WAB 19 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs Live performances can be heard on YouTube: Rutgers University Glee Club, NJ: Inveni David Jonas Rannila with the Manifestum Men's Choir: Inveni David (WAB 19) Ricardo Luna with the Wiener Madrigalchor at 32:14 of the Benefizkonzert für den Wiener Stephansdom, 6 October 2007