Abendklänge, WAB 110 explained

Abendklänge
Composer:	Anton Bruckner
Key:	E minor
Catalogue:	WAB 110
Form:	Character piece
Dedication:	Hugo von Grienberger
Instrumental:	Violin and piano

(Evening sounds), WAB 110, is a character piece for violin and piano, which Anton Bruckner composed in 1866.

History

Bruckner composed the piece on 7 June 1866. He dedicated it to Hugo von Grienberger, a civil servant in the district court. It is not known when the piece was performed.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the German: [[Österreichische Nationalbibliothek]]. A facsimile of it was first published in Band I, pp. 104–105 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.^{[1] [2]} The work is issued in German: Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/7.^[2]

Music

The 36-bar long work in E minor is scored for violin and piano. Of the 36 bars only 14 (bars 17-20 and 23-32) are played by the violin.^[2]

Discography

There are three recordings of Abendklänge:

• Josef Sabaini (violin), Thomas Kerbl (piano), Anton Bruckner Chöre/Klaviermusik – CD: LIVA 034, 2009
• Wolfgang Göllner (violin), Albert Sassmann (piano), 5 aus Österreich – CD: KKV Records^[4]
• Alexander Knaak (violin), Daniel Linton-France (piano) in: Bruckner, Anton – Böck liest Bruckner II – CD: Gramola 99237, 2020

Sources

• August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
• Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XII/7: Abendklänge for violin and piano, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Walburga Litschauer (editor), Vienna, 1995
• Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012.
• Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch., Salzburg, 1996. .
• Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition

External links

• • Abendklänge e-Moll, WAB 110 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs
• Live performance by Laurens Weinhold (violin) and Philipp Scheucher (piano) on 17 August 2020 at the St. Florianer Brucknertage^[5] can be heard on Abendklänge
• Live performance by YuEun Gemma Kim (violin) and Alexander Maria Wagner (piano) at 1:14:10 on Jubiläumskonzertreihe 1 : Alte & neue Fantasien (13 March 2024)

Notes and References

1. U. Harten, p. 42
2. C. van Zwol, p. 681
3. C. Howie, Chapter III: p. 122
4. This performance by can also be heard on YouTube: Abendklänge
5. https://www.brucknertage.at/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Festivalprogramm_2020-online-1.pdf St. Florianer Brucknertage 2020