Cantatas (Bruckner)

Anton Bruckner composed seven cantatas during his life, the earliest Vergißmeinnicht, in 1845, the last, Helgoland, in 1893.

The five cantatas, composed between 1845 and 1855 during Bruckner's stay as schoolteacher's assistant in Kronstorf and as organist in Sankt Florian, were Name-day cantatas. These cantatas are put in Band XXII/1 of the Gesamtausgabe.

During his stay as schoolteacher's assistant in Kronstorf Bruckner composed his first cantata:

During his stay as organist in Sankt Florian, Bruckner composed the following four name-day cantatas:

In the 1860s, during his stay in Linz, after the end of Sechter's and Kitzler's tuition, Bruckner composed the following two cantatas:

Thirty years later, during his stay in Vienna, Bruckner composed this last cantata:

These three cantatas are put in Band XXII/2 of the Gesamtausgabe.

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