Quiz #6 Pencils Down Everyone
Congratulations to Roberto Corsi who was first in with Anton Bruckner’s Mass No.1 in D minor, first performed in 1864.
The whole piece won’t be posted in the sidebar this time because it’s enormous (read: bandwidth monster) but the Kyrie and Sanctus will be up for your future listening pleasure.
Unfortunately Miss Mussel hasn’t the time at the present moment to elaborate on the history of this piece or to source any fascinating anecdotes. Instead, she will just list these facts. There will be a test later, don’t you worry.
- This Mass is one of four Bruckner wrote in addition to the more well known Te Deum. No slouch in the prolificity department, he also managed over 50 psalms, choruses and sacred cantatas
- If you’re looking for other examples of Bruckner’s Motets. They are simply lovely. Miss Mussel is partial to Tantum Ergo and Locus Iste, but they all have their individual charms. Steer clear of the St Brides Naxos disc. It is, in a word, atrocious. Rather try the DG Gardiner recording. The Naxos has the complete motets but DG has a decent choir (Monteverdi)
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This was the first major piece Bruckner composed after hearing Wagner (Tannhauser and Tristan & Isolde).
- Although considered by us now to be a good start, it would be another 20ish years and seven enormous symphonies before he was really recognized as kind of a big deal. Maybe he should have played jazz flute instead. Anchorman anyone? No? Ok.
