Festive Cantata (Bruckner)
| Festive cantata Preiset den Herrn | |
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| by Anton Bruckner | |
The composer, c. 1860
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| Key | D major |
| Catalogue | WAB 16 |
| Form | Festive cantata |
| Dedication | Laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom |
| Performed | 1 May 1862: site of the Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom |
| Published | 1932: Regensburg |
| Recorded | 1994 |
| Movements | 8 |
| Vocal | TTBB choir and soloists |
| Instrumental | Wind band |
The festive cantata Preiset den Herrn, WAB 16, is a cantata composed by Anton Bruckner in 1862 for the celebration of the laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom of Linz.
To celebrate the laying of the foundation stone of the new Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception) of Linz, bishop Franz-Josef Rudigier asked Bruckner for a cantata. Bruckner responded enthusiastly with the composition of the Festive Cantata Preiset den Herrn (Praise the Lord) on a text of the theologian Maximilian Pammesberger.
On 1 May 1862 the foundation stone was laid. To celebrate the event the cantata was performed by the choir Frohsinn, invited guest singers and members of a local regimental band under the baton of Engelbert Lanz.
The manuscript of the cantata is stored in the archive of the Episcopacy of Linz. A facsimile was first published in band III/2, pp. 197-216 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. A choir and piano score has been issued by Doblinger in 1955. It is put in Band XXII/2 No. 6 of the Gesamtausgabe.
The Festive Cantata, WAB 16, is the first notable religious work, which Bruckner composes after his strenuous study period by Sechter. It will be followed one year later by Psalm 112 (1863), and again one year later by the secular cantata Germanenzug and the first great mass, Mass No. 1 in D minor (1864).
The cantata uses a text of the theologian Maximilian Pammesberger.
Preiset den Herrn,
Lobsinget seinem heiligen Namen !
Grund und Eckstein bist du, Herr,
Deiner Kirche groß und hehr.
Thaue deine Kraft und Stärke
Ueber Fundament und Stein,
Die wir zu dem heil’gen Werke
Weihend senken ein.
Preiset den Herrn, Maria preiset,
Ohne Mackel empfangen !
Aus der Erde Schooß
Wächst der Bau
Riesengroß
In des Himmels Blau.
Das ist der Unbefleckten Haus,
Drin öffnet sich die Gnadenquelle,
Und strömet reich und helle
Ins Land hinaus.
Des Landes Stämme wallen fromm
Aus allen Gauen zu dem Dom
Von unsrer lieben Frauen ;
Sie grüßen sie viel tausendmal
Und schöpfen Heil im Gnadensaal
Durch Glauben und Vertrauen.
Preiset den Herrn,
Lobsingt seinem heiligen Namen,
Maria preiset,
Die mächtige Helferin. Amen.
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