Nachruf, WAB 81a (Bruckner, Anton)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 movement
Composition Year	1877-10-19 in Vienna
Genre Categories	Secular choruses; Choruses; For male chorus, organ; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring the organ; For chorus with keyboard; German language

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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, 1877. (October 22)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.390dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Probably copyist manuscript with autograph. Taken from Bruckner Online: A-SF20-74b.
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Complete Score
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Copyist	Oddo Loidol (1858-1893)
Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, 1882. (November 23)
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.410dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Copyist manuscript with autograph. Taken from Bruckner Online: A-KR-C57-12.
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.400dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Probably copyist manuscript with autograph. Taken from Bruckner Online: A-SF20-74a.
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Complete Vocal Parts
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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.320dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Probably copyist manuscript of parts. Taken from Bruckner Online: A-SF20-74c.
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Complete Score (Preview)
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Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1887).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	ca.400dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Possibly copyist manuscript with additional markings. Taken from Bruckner Online: Mus.Hs.19765.
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Complete Score
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Copyist	First edition Viktor Keldorfer (1873–1959)
Publisher. Info.	Vienna: Universal Edition, 1911. Plate U.E. 3294.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: ca.360dpi, color jpg files approx. 3682 by 4924 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Contains two forewords by the editor (in German, pp.3 and 4.)
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Complete Score
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Editor	Alexander Reuter
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Misc. Notes	Edited from autograph stored at Austrian National Library under signatory A-WnMus.Hs.19765.
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Trösterin Musik, WAB 81b (contrafactum): Dresdner Kreuzchor (2013) - 1 strophe a cappella; Ensemble Amarcord (2015) - 1 strophe a cappella; The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire (2016) - 1 strophe with organ

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Work Title	Nachruf ; Trösterin Musik
Alternative. Title	Obituary ; Music, the Comforter
Composer	Bruckner, Anton
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	WAB 81a (WAB 81b)
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IAB 149
Key	C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1 movement
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1877-10-19 in Vienna
First Performance.	1877-10-28 in St. Florian Abbey, Liedertafel Sängerbund (original text) 1886-04-11 in Vienna, Musikvereinsaal, Wiener Akademischer Gesangverein (Seuffert text)
First Publication.	1911 – Vienna: Universal Edition
Librettist	Heinrich Wallmann (1827-1898), as Heinrich von der Mattig - original text August Seuffert (1844-1904) - Trösterin Musik contrafactum
Language	German
Dedication	In memory of Joseph Seiberl
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	male chorus (TTBB), organ
External Links	Wikipedia article
Extra Information	Versions and Arrangements of this piece

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Secular choruses by Anton Bruckner