(Patriotic wine song), WAB 91, is a song composed by Anton Bruckner in 1866 during his stay in Linz.
History Bruckner composed this work, together with Vaterlandslied, on a six-strophe text of August Silberstein in November 1866 during his stay in Linz on request of Anton M. Storch. The song was performed by the Liedertafel Frohsinn on 13 February 1868 under Bruckner's baton.C. Howie, Chapter III, pp. 90-91U. Harten, p. 463C. van Zwol, p. 725
The work, of which the original manuscript is lost, was first issued in the by Emil Berté in 1892. Thereafter (September 1894), it was issued with another text by Bibamus as (A wine legend) in the Neues Wiener Journal. The work is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 21 of the .Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre
Text The Vaterländisch Weinlied uses a text by August Silberstein. Who would not want, drinking the grapes' juice, Commemorate the fatherland? We want to give it Cheers with full power! Like the vines May it rise In the aspiration up to light!
Music The 12-bar long work in C major is scored for choir - "" ("a drinking song with higher ethical background"), which exhibits a peculiar imprint with unexpected inflexions and austere harmonies in a narrow time span.
Discography There is a single recording of Vaterländisch Weinlied. Thomas Kerbl, Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012 – 1st and 6th strophes
References
Sources 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. Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. , Salzburg, 1996. . Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
Vaterländisch Weinlied C-Dur, WAB 91 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs