"" ("Serenade"), WAB 84.2, is a Lied composed by Anton Bruckner in .
History Bruckner composed this serenade, which he dedicated to Mrs. Schlager, the wife of the mayor of St. Florian,C. Howie, Chapter II, p. 22 during the beginning of his stay in St. Florian. For the composition Bruckner used a text, which he had already used for the unfinished lied , WAB 84.1.C. van Zwol, p. 720U. Harten, pp. 399-400
It is not known when the piece was performed. The work, of which the original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel Frohsinn, was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 61–64 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was thereafter issued in 1954, together with Sternschnuppen, in the Chorblattreihe of Robitschek, Vienna. It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 3 of the .Gesamtausgabe – Weltliche Chöre
Text
Ständchen is using a text of an unknown author (possibly Ernst Marinelli). As the creek's silvery source Breaks calmly through the fields And the moon's golden light Speaks friendly to our heart:
Walk happily through your further life, Free from sorrow and pain, May each day begin cheerfully And end in blessedness.
Music The 29-bar long work in 6/8 is in G major. It is scored for quartet and tenor soloist. During the first 18 bars the text is sung by the tenor soloist with accompaniment of humming voices. From bar 19, the second part () is sung again by the men's quartet.
Discography
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Ständchen: Thomas Kerbl, Quartet of the Männerchorvereinigung Bruckner 12, Michael Nowak (tenor), Weltliche Männerchöre – CD: LIVA 054, 2012
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 XXIII/2: Weltliche Chorwerke (1843–1893), Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Angela Pachovsky and Anton Reinthaler (editor), Vienna, 1989 Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. , Salzburg, 1996. . 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
External links
Ständchen G-Dur, WAB 84 – Critical discography by Hans Roelofs Live performance by the Linzer Singakademie in the Stadtpfarrkirche (Mai 2024): Aus dem Frohsinn Archiv - Ständchen, WAB 84 (um 1846)