Tantum ergo, WAB 42

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Tantum ergo
Motet by Anton Bruckner
Sacrament Cardinal Danneels.jpg
Key D major
Catalogue WAB 42
Form Hymn
Text Tantum ergo
Language Latin
Composed9 June 1846 (1846-06-09): St. Florian Abbey
Published1893 (1893): Innsbruck
Vocal SSATB choir
InstrumentalOrgan

Tantum ergo ("Let us raise"), WAB 42, is a setting of the hymn Tantum ergo composed by Anton Bruckner in 1846.

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History

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

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 8 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

The first recording occurred in c.1931:

1846 version

There is a single recording of this first version:

1888 version

A selection among the about 20 recordings:

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References

  1. 1 2 C. van Zwol, p. 702
  2. 1 2 C. van Zwol, p. 709
  3. Gesamtausgabe - Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke
  4. M, Auer, p. 54
  5. 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.

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