Magnificat (Bruckner)

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Magnificat
by Anton Bruckner
Winterhalder (workshop) Maria bei Elisabeth 19Jh.jpg
Key B-flat major
Catalogue WAB 24
Performed15 August 1852 (1852-08-15): St. Florian Monastery
Published1996 (1996)
Recorded1984 (1984)
Vocal SATB choir and soloists
InstrumentalOrchestra and organ

The Magnificat, WAB 24 is a setting of the Magnificat [1] for SATB choir and soloists, orchestra and organ composed by Anton Bruckner in 1852.

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History

Bruckner composed the work for the Vesper service of the feast of the Assumption of Mary. [2] He dedicated the work to Ignaz Traumihler, the choirmaster of the St. Florian Abbey.

The work was premiered on 15 August 1852 in St. Florian. Despite the fact that Traumihler was a fervent adept of the Cecilian Movement, [3] the work remained in the repertoire of the monastery. [4] Other performances occurred on 25 December 1852, 15 May 1854, 25 December 1854 and 27 May 1855. [4] [3]

The work, the manuscript of which is stored in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey, was first publish in volume II/2, pp. 99–110 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was critically edited by Paul Hawkshaw in 1996 in volume XX/3 of the Gesamtausgabe. [3] [4] [5]

On 25 June 2017 a new edition of the score by Cohrs, prepared for the Anton Bruckner Urtext Gesamtausgabe, [6] has been premiered by Łukasz Borowicz with the RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. [7]

Setting

The 77-bar long composition in B major is set in Allegro moderato for SATB choir and soloists, and orchestra (2 trumpets in B, timpani, and strings without violas). The organ supplies figured bass. [4]

The first verse ("Magnificat") is sung by the soprano soloist. The next verses are sung as an Arioso alternatingly by the soloists and the choir. The setting is followed by the doxology Gloria Patri , starting by a unison on "Gloria Patri", the recap of the melody of the first verse on "Sicut erat", and concludes with a 23-bar long fugal Amen. [4] [8] Mean duration: 5 minutes. [4]

The influence of Mozart is revealed through comparison to Mozart's Vespers K. 321 and K. 339. [2] [3]

Discography

The first recording of Bruckner's Magnificat occurred in 1984:

There are three other recordings of this work:

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