Psalm 112 (Bruckner)
| Psalm 112 | |
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| by Anton Bruckner | |
The composer, c. 1860
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| Key | B-flat major |
| Catalogue | WAB 35 |
| Form | Psalm setting |
| Composed | 1863: Linz |
| Performed | Presumably 14 March 1926: Vöcklabruck |
| Published | 1926 |
| Recorded | c. 1950 by Henry Swoboda |
| Movements | 4 |
| Vocal | SSAATTBB choir |
| Instrumental | Orchestra |
Bruckner's Psalm 112, WAB 35, is a psalm setting for eight-part double mixed choir and full orchestra. It is a setting of a German version of Psalm 113, which is psalm 112 in the Vulgata.
Bruckner composed it in 1863 in Linz, after he had ended his studies under Sechter and Kitzler. In the same year he also composed his Study Symphony in F minor. "His next large choral work after this Psalm was to be the powerful Mass in D minor of the following year, the first of the three great masses."
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. In the manuscript, the recapitulation of the first part stops after the first five bars. It is unknown whether the work was performed during Bruckner's life. It has been first edited by Wöss in 1926. Presumably, it was performed at first on 14 March 1926 in Vöcklabruck by Max Auer.
The work has been critically re-edited by Paul Hawkshaw in 1996 in Band XX/5 of the Gesamtausgabe.
Den Demüthigen gibt Gott Gnade (God gives grace to the humble)
Bruckner's Psalm 112 in B-flat major is a composition scored for SSAATTBB choir and orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and strings). The setting of the work is in four parts:
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