| Tantum ergo | |
|---|---|
| Motet by Anton Bruckner | |
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| Key | D major |
| Catalogue | WAB 42 |
| Form | Hymn |
| Text | Tantum ergo |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | 9 June 1846: St. Florian Abbey |
| Published | 1893: Innsbruck |
| Vocal | SSATB choir |
| Instrumental | Organ |
Tantum ergo ("Let us raise"), WAB 42, is a setting of the hymn Tantum ergo composed by Anton Bruckner in 1846.
Bruckner composed this motet on 9 June 1846 during his stay in St. Florian Abbey. The autograph voice score, without the organ score, is present in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey.[1]
In 1888, Bruckner revised this setting, together with the revision of previous four Tantum ergo. The revised version of the five Tantum ergo was published first by Johann Groß, Innsbruck in 1893.[2]
The 1846 and 1888 versions are put in Band XXI/13 and 38 of the Gesamtausgabe respectively.[3]
The works is scored in D major for SSATB choir and organ. The first setting is 36-bar long. The bars 21-32 are optional.[1] In the 31-bar long revised version these optional bars are removed and a 3-bar Amen is added.[2]
This fifth Tantum ergo is characterised by its marked solemness. After a climax on novo cedat rituit it goes on, diminuendo, to an intimate quasi-Mozartian coda.[4]
The first recording occurred in c. 1931:
There are only two recordings of this first version:
A selection among the about 20 recordings:
