| Vaterlandslied | |
| Key: | A-flat major |
| Catalogue: | WAB 92 |
| Type: | Secular choral work |
| Form: | Patriotic song |
| Text: | August Silberstein |
| Language: | German |
| Dedication: | Niederösterreichischer Sängerbund |
| Vocal: | choir, tenor and baritone soloists |
(Patriotic song), WAB 92, is a patriotic song composed by Anton Bruckner during his stay in Linz.
Bruckner composed this song on a text of August Silberstein in November 1866, during his stay in Linz. He composed it together with the Vaterländisch Weinlied on request of Anton M. Storch.[1]
Bruckner dedicated the work to the German: Niederösterreichischer Sängerbund (Singers' association of Lower Austria). The work was performed by the Liedertafel Frohsinn on 4 April 1868 in the Redoutensaal of Linz.[2] [3]
The work, of which the original manuscript is lost, was first issued by Doblinger, Vienna in 1902, together with Der Abendhimmel, WAB 56. It is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 20 of the German: Gesamtausgabe.[4]
The quite large-scaled work (13 pages in the German: Gesamtausgabe) is considered one of the best works for men's choir of the Linz period. The song, which remained in the repertoire of Frohsinn, was also performed at the Bruckner-Feier of 1924.[3]
The song uses lyrics from German: Trutz-Nachtigall by August Silberstein:
The 87-bar long work in A-flat major, scored for choir and tenor and baritone soloists,[3] is in four sections: A (strophes 1 & 2, 21 bars), A (strophes 3 & 4, 21 bars), B (strophes 5 & 6, 20 bars), A (strophes 7 & 8, 21 bars) with a 4-bar coda.
There is one recording of the song: