| Frühlingslied | |
| Key: | A major |
| Catalogue: | WAB 68 |
| Type: | Lied |
| Text: | Heinrich Heine |
| Language: | German |
| Dedication: | Name-day of Aloisia Bogner |
| Vocal: | Solo voice |
| Instrumental: | Piano |
("Spring song"), WAB 68, is a lied composed by Anton Bruckner in 1851 for the name-day of Aloisia Bogner.
Bruckner composed the lied on a text of Heinrich Heine in 1851 for "the name-day of a blossoming spring rose" (German: dem Nahmensfeste einer auflblühenden Frühlingsrose), Bruckner's 16-year old pupil Aloisia Bogner,[1] [2] [3] [4] for whom he also composed Der Mondabend and the piano works Lancier-Quadrille, WAB 120, and Steiermärker, WAB 122.[5]
The manuscript is stored in the archive of the of Linz.[2] [3] The lied, which was first published in Band II/2, pp. 44–46 of the Göllerich/Auer biography, is issued in Band XXIII/1, No. 1 of the German: Gesamtausgabe.[6]
Frühlingslied is based on a text by Heinrich Heine, with one minor change:[2]
Ring out to his house,Where the flowers sprout,When you see a rose,Say: "I let greet you". |
The 24-bar long work in A major is scored for solo voice and piano. This easy composition displays no relationship with Mendelssohn's Frühlingslied.[2] The voice score is conducted cantabile, and the piano accompaniment uses a continuous figuration.[3]
There are two recordings of Frühlingslied: