Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend, WAB 123 (Bruckner, Anton)

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1863.. (October 10)
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Misc. Notes ca.300dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Mus.Hs.3161. See also: Bruckner-online.
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Copyist J.H.
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d. (copyist's manuscript)
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Misc. Notes ca.300dpi color images. This file is based on high-resolution images obtained from the source using a method explained on this page. Mus.Hs.19687. See also: Bruckner-online.
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Editor Walburga Litschauer (b.1954)
Publisher. Info. Anton Bruckner. Sämtliche Werke, Bd.XII, Nr.2:
Werke für Klavier zu zwei Händen

Wien: Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1988.
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Editor Alonso del Arte
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Misc. Notes Metronome markings and "Etwas schneller" for middle section are my own additions. I intend to add fingerings later on.
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For Chamber Orchestra (Le Tissier)

10 more: Oboe • Clarinet (A) • Bassoon • Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Violins I • Violins II • Cellos • Violas • Basses

Arranger Peter Le Tissier (b. 1996)
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Work Title Stille Betrachtung an einem Herbstabend
Alternative. Title Quiet Contemplation on an Autumn Evening
Composer Bruckner, Anton
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. WAB 123
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IAB 102
Key F-sharp minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 movement
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1863-10-10
First Publication. 1930 – Regensburg: Gustav Bosse
(Anton Bruckner: ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild: Band 3, Teil 2 — facsimile of manuscript)
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In the USA this work is most likely in the public domain because no renewal was found after a thorough search of the Catalog of Copyright Entries and it was ineligible for "restoration" under GATT/TRIPS due to being in the public domain its home country on the relevant restoration date.
Dedication Emma Thanner
Average DurationAvg. Duration 3-4 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano
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According to Walburga Litschauer as translated by Eugene Hartzell, "Mendelssohn's "Venetianisches Gondollied" op.30/6 was evidently the model. The two compositions correspond to a great degree in form, key and metre, and in their lyrical mood."

Piano works by Anton Bruckner