| Sternschnuppen | |
| Composer: | Anton Bruckner |
| Key: | F major |
| Catalogue: | WAB 85 |
| Text: | Ernst Marinelli |
| Language: | German |
| Dedication: | Bruckner's own men's quartet |
| Vocal: | quartet |
(Shooting stars), WAB 73, is a song, which Anton Bruckner composed for his own men's voice quartet in during his stay in the Sankt Florian.
Bruckner composed the song on a text of Ernst Marinelli in . He dedicated it to his own men's voice quartet, which was composed of Ludwig Ehrenecker, Franz Schäfler, Johann Nepomuk Hueber and himself. It is not known when the piece was first performed.[1] [2] [3]
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey.[1] [2] The piece was first published in band II/2, pp. 94-96 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was thereafter issued in 1954, together with Ständchen, in the Chorblattreihe of Robitschek, Vienna.[1] [2] The piece is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 5 of the German: Gesamtausgabe.[4]
Sternschnuppen is using a text by Ernst Marinelli.
When Lyra with golden ornamentEnters into a sisters' round danceAnd the world in silent feastIs illuminated by Luna's gentle glance, Like a silent questionA moist glance swings up longingly,If no image of beautiful daysThe sky will reflect into the heart? And the shooting stars remindHow it was dream in vain,Because the soul's dark foreseeingIs revealed only over there. |
The 38-bar long work in F major is scored for quartet.[2] In the Göllerich/Auer biography the song is described as follows: German: Über dem Ganzen liegt die weichliche Romantik der damals beliebten Männerchor-Musik (On the whole piece rests the softish romanticism of the at that time popular men's choir-music).[1]
A selection among the few recordings of Sternschnuppen: