| Ständchen | |
| Key: | G major |
| Catalogue: | WAB 84.2 |
| Type: | Secular choral work |
| Language: | German |
| Dedication: | Frau Schlager |
| Vocal: | quartet, tenor soloist |
"" ("Serenade"), WAB 84.2, is a Lied composed by Anton Bruckner in .
Bruckner composed this serenade, which he dedicated to Mrs. Schlager, the wife of the mayor of St. Florian,[1] during the beginning of his stay in St. Florian. For the composition Bruckner used a text, which he had already used for the unfinished lied German: Wie des Bächleins Silberquelle, WAB 84.1.[2] [3]
It is not known when the piece was performed. The work, of which the original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Liedertafel Frohsinn,[2] [3] was first issued in Band II/2, pp. 61–64 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was thereafter issued in 1954, together with Sternschnuppen, in the Chorblattreihe of Robitschek, Vienna. [2] It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 3 of the German: Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Ständchen is using a text of an unknown author (possibly Ernst Marinelli).
Walk happily through your further life,Free from sorrow and pain,May each day begin cheerfullyAnd end in blessedness. |
The 29-bar long work in 6/8 is in G major. It is scored for quartet and tenor soloist. During the first 18 bars the text is sung by the tenor soloist with accompaniment of humming voices. From bar 19, the second part (German: Wandle froh durchs Leben weiter) is sung again by the men's quartet.[2]
There is a single recording of Bruckner's Ständchen: