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Abendklänge (Evening sounds), WAB 110, is a character piece for violin and piano, which Anton Bruckner composed in 1866.

Abendklänge
by Anton Bruckner
Key	E minor
Catalogue	WAB 110
Form	Character piece
Composed	7 June 1866 (1866-06-07): Linz
Dedication	Hugo von Grienberger
Instrumental	Violin and piano

History

Bruckner composed the piece on 7 June 1866. He dedicated it to Hugo von Grienberger, a civil servant in the district court. It is not known when the piece was performed.[1][2][3]

The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. A facsimile of it was first published in Band I, pp. 104–105 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[1][2] The work is issued in Gesamtausgabe, Band XII/7.[2]

Music

The 36-bar long work in E minor is scored for violin and piano. Of the 36 bars only 14 (bars 17-20 and 23-32) are played by the violin.[2]

Discography

There are three recordings of Abendklänge:

• Josef Sabaini (violin), Thomas Kerbl (piano), Anton Bruckner Chöre/Klaviermusik – CD: LIVA 034, 2009
• Wolfgang Göllner (violin), Albert Sassmann (piano), 5 aus Österreich – CD: KKV Records[4]
• Alexander Knaak (violin), Daniel Linton-France (piano) in: Bruckner, Anton – Böck liest Bruckner II – CD: Gramola 99237, 2020

References

Sources

• August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, c. 1922 – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932
• Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XII/7: Abendklänge for violin and piano, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Walburga Litschauer (editor), Vienna, 1995
• Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. ISBN 978-90-6868-590-9
• Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. Residenz Verlag [de], Salzburg, 1996. ISBN 3-7017-1030-9.
• Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition

External links

• Abendklänge, WAB 110: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Abendklänge e-Moll, WAB 110 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs (in German)
• A live performance by Laurens Weinhold (violin) and Philipp Scheucher (piano) in St. Florian (17 August 2020) can be heard on Abendklänge

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