Tantum ergo, WAB 44

Tantum ergo
Motet by Anton Bruckner

Key B-flat major
Catalogue WAB 44
Form Hymn
Text Tantum ergo
Language Latin
Composed c.1854 (c.1854): St. Florian
Published 1932 (1932): Regensburg
Vocal SATB choir
Instrumental 2 violins, 2 trumpets, organ
For the other settings of the same text by the composer, see Tantum ergo, WAB 32; Tantum ergo, WAB 43; Four Tantum ergo, WAB 41; and Tantum ergo, WAB 42.

Tantum ergo ("Let us raise"), WAB 44, is the last of eight settings of the hymn Tantum ergo composed by Anton Bruckner in c.1854.

History

Bruckner composed the motet in c.1854 during his stay in St. Florian Abbey. The original manuscript is lost. An autograph voice score is stored in the archive of the abbey.[1]

The motet was first published in band II/2, pp. 256-258 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[1] It is put in Band XXI/18 of the Gesamtausgabe.[2]

Music

The work of 29 bars in B-flat major is scored for SATB choir, 2 violins, 2 trumpets and organ.[1]

Discography

There are only two recordings of this last setting of Tantum ergo:

References

  1. 1 2 3 C. van Zwol, p. 701.
  2. Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke

Sources

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