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| Translation: | For the wedding ceremony |
| Key: | D major |
| Catalogue: | WAB 54 |
| Type: | Secular choral work |
| Form: | Wedding music |
| Language: | German |
| Dedication: | Wedding of |
| Vocal: | choir |
("For the wedding ceremony"), WAB 54, is a wedding song composed by Anton Bruckner on 27 November 1878.
Bruckner composed the setting for the wedding ceremony of his landlord Anton Ölzelt Ritter von Newin with Amalie Edler von Wieser. The piece was intended to be performed during the ceremony in the church of the Klosterneuburg Abbey. However, the ceremony did not occur, because the groom was a Protestant.[1] [2]
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the in Vienna. It was first published in the yearbook of the Klosterneuburg Abbey (Vienna & Leipzig) in 1910. It has been re-edited by Wöss in 1921 together with the Ave Regina caelorum, WAB 8.[1] It is put in Band XXIII/2, No. 30 of the German: Gesamtausgabe.[3]
It is not known when the piece was performed first. A performance by the Hilliard Ensemble occurred on 15 September 1993 during the 20th Brucknerfest.[1] [2]
The work sets a text by Heinrich von der Mattig.
If the spirit of truth has united youAnd you understood the duty of clarity,Then the sanctuary of marriage isA heavenly Elysium. So may for your whole lifeHeaven give you holiness and blessing,Also my prayer calls today loudly:God bless groom and bride |
The 64-bar long work in D major is scored for a men's choir a cappella.[1]
There is a single recording of :