Bruckner, Joseph Anton - "Vexilla regis" for Winds & Strings WAB 51 Vents & Orchestre Cordes |
Compositeur : | Bruckner, Joseph Anton (1824 - 1896) | ||||
Instrumentation : | Vents & Orchestre Cordes | ||||
Genre : | Classique | ||||
Tonalité : | La mineur | ||||
Arrangeur : Editeur : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||
Droit d'auteur : | Public Domain | ||||
Ajoutée par magataganm, 18 Déc 2022 Josef Anton Bruckner (1824 – 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and considerable length. Bruckner's compositions helped to define contemporary musical radicalism, owing to their dissonances, unprepared modulations, and roving harmonies. Vexilla regis (The royal banner), WAB 51, is the final motet written by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. Bruckner composed it on 9 February 1892. The work, the manuscrit of which is archived at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, is based on the Latin hymn Vexilla Regis by Venantius Fortunatus. It was first performed on Good Friday, 15 April 1892, and was published in the same year by Josef Weinberger, Vienna. In the Nowak-Bauernfeind new edition (Band XXI/29 of the Gesamtausgabe) the motet was re-issued with the revised text of the hymn and an additional 4-bar Amen. Bruckner put strophes 1, 6 and 7 of the text in a motet of 108 bars in Phrygian mode for mixed choir a cappella. Alike he did in Christus factus est WAB 11 and Virga Jesse WAB 52, Bruckner used the Dresdner Amen on the words prodeunt (bars 5–8), unica (bars 41–44), and Trinitas (bars 77–80). Although it is in Phrygian mode the motet is characterized by Bruckner's typical modulations, often to rather distant keys and the integration of diverse musical styles: Bruckner biographer Howie remarks that "the remarkable mixture of the old and the new in this strophic piece could perhaps be interpreted as an attempt to sum up Bruckner's life's work". Its "bleaker and uncompromising" close is suited to the Good Friday story. Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexilla_regis_(Bruckner) ) Although originally composed for Chorus (SATB), I created this arrangement of the Vexilla regis (WAB 51) for Winds (Flute, Oboe, French Horn & Bassoon) and Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello). Partition centrale : | Vexilla Regis (2 partitions) | |