Virga jesse de anton bruckner biography
The Austrian composer came from a simple, rural background and was plagued by self-doubt throughout his life.
Virga Jesse (The branch from Jesse), WAB 52, is a motet by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner....
Virga Jesse (Bruckner) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Virga Jesse | |
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| Motet by Anton Bruckner | |
Immaculate Conception (Wintershouse) | |
| Key | E minor |
| Catalogue | WAB 52 |
| Form | Gradual |
| Text | Virga Jesse floruit |
| Language | Latin |
| Dedication | th anniversary of the Linz diocese |
| Performed | 8 December (): Vienna |
| Published | (): Vienna |
| Vocal | SATB choir |
Virga Jesse (The branch from Jesse), WAB 52, is a motet by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.
It sets the gradual Virga Jesse floruit for unaccompanied mixed choir.
History
The work was completed on 3 September and may have been intended for the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Linz diocese; however, like the Ecce sacerdos magnus that Bruckner composed A.M.D.G.
for that event, it was not performed there. It was performed on 8 December in the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
The original manuscript is archived at the Österreichische National
