Tantum ergo, WAB 42
| Tantum ergo | |
|---|---|
| Motet by Anton Bruckner | |
 | |
| Key | D major |
| Catalogue | WAB 42 |
| Form | Hymn |
| Text | Tantum ergo |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | 9 June 1846: St. Florian Abbey |
| Published | 1893: Innsbruck |
| Vocal | SSATB choir |
| Instrumental | Organ |
Tantum ergo ("Let us raise"), WAB 42, is a setting of the hymn Tantum ergo composed by Anton Bruckner in 1846.
History
[edit]Bruckner composed this motet on 9 June 1846 during his stay in St. Florian Abbey. The autograph voice score, without the organ score, is present in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey.[1]
In 1888, Bruckner revised this setting, together with the revision of previous four Tantum ergo. The revised version of the five Tantum ergo was published first by Johann Groß, Innsbruck in 1893.[2]
The 1846 and 1888 versions are put in Band XXI/13 and 38 of the Gesamtausgabe respectively.[3]
Music
[edit]The works is scored in D major for SSATB choir and organ. The first setting is 36-bar long. The bars 21-32 are optional.[1] In the 31-bar long revised version these optional bars are removed and a 3-bar Amen is added.[2]
This fifth Tantum ergo is characterised by its marked solemness. After a climax on novo cedat rituit it goes on, diminuendo, to an intimate quasi-Mozartian coda.[4]
Selected discography
[edit]The first recording occurred in c. 1931:
- Ludwig Berberich, Münchner Domchor – 78 rpm: Christschall 118A (2nd version, a cappella)
1846 version
[edit]There are only two recordings of this first version:
- Thomas Kerbl, Chorvereinigung Bruckner 09, Anton Bruckner Chöre/Klaviermusik – CD: LIVA 034 (first strophe only)
- Christian Erny, The Zurich Chamber Singers, Bruckner Spectrum - CD: Berlin Classics LC06203, 2022 (with a few deviations from the score)
- Note: A live performance – without organ accompaniment – by Philipp von Steinäcker is available in the Bruckner Archive.[5]
1888 version
[edit]A selection among the about 20 recordings:
- Martin Flämig, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Ave Maria – Anton Bruckner: Geistliche Chöre - Motets – CD: Capriccio 10 081, 1985
- Magnar Mangersnes, Domchor Bergen, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Simax PSC 9037, 1996
- Hans-Christoph Rademann, NDR Chor Hamburg, Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria – CD: Carus 83.151, 2000
- Petr Fiala, Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brno, Anton Bruckner: Motets - CD: MDG 322 1422-2, 2006
- Michael Stenov, Cantores Carmeli, Benefizkonzert Karmelitenkirche Linz - CD/DVD issued by the choir, 2006, and on YouTube.[6]
- Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Anton Bruckner: Tantum ergo - CD: ASC Edition 3, issue of the choir, 2008
References
[edit]- ^ a b C. van Zwol, p. 702
- ^ a b C. van Zwol, p. 709
- ^ Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
- ^ M, Auer, p. 54
- ^ Bruckner Archive
- ^ Bruckner, Anton (composer); Stenov, Michael (conductor) (2006-11-26). Anton Bruckner – Motette "Tantum ergo sacramentum" à 5 voces und Orgel (Online video). YouTube. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
Sources
[edit]- Max Auer, Anton Bruckner als Kirchenmusiker, G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1927
- 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. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
External links
[edit]- Tantum ergo, WAB 42: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project – 1888 version
- Free scores for Tantum ergo, WAB 42 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki) – 1888 version
- Tantum ergo D-Dur, WAB 42 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
- A live performance of the Tantum ergo, WAB 42 (1888 version) by the Catholic Choir of South-Korea (2015) can be heard on YouTube: Tantum ergo, WAB 42.
