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Asperges me, WAB 4

1844 motet composed by Anton Bruckner

For the two other settings of the same text by the composer, see Two Asperges me, WAB 3.

Asperges me (Thou wilt sprinkle me), WAB 4, is a sacred motet composed by Anton Bruckner. It is a setting of the LatinAsperges me, the antiphon used for the celebration of Asperges.

History

In 1843–44, Bruckner composed this first setting of Asperges me during his stay in Kronstorf.[1][2] It is not known when it was performed at that time.[1][2]

The work, the original manuscript of which is lost, exists as a transcription by Arthur Bauer. The motet was first published in volume III/2, pp. 140–141 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[1][2] It is put in volume XXI/4 of the Gesamtausgabe.[3]

Music

The work is a setting of 32 bars in F major of the Asperges me for mixed choir a cappella.

According to the Catholic practice, the incipit ("Asperges me") is not composed and has to be intoned by the priest in Gregorian mode before

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List of compositions by Anton Bruckner

IDTitleKeyGenreScored forComposedIMSLPNotes

Sacred choral music

WAB 1Afferentur regiF majorOffertoriumChoir and three trombones ad lib.1861♫WAB 2Am GrabeF minorElegyMale choir1861♫Reissue a cappella of first three strophes of Vor Arneths Grab (WAB 53). Elegy for Josefine Hafferl WAB 3/1Asperges me No. 1Aeolian modeAntiphonChoir and organc. 1845♫Antiphon for the Asperges of Septuagesima Sunday till the 4th Sunday of LentWAB 3/2Asperges me No. 2F majorAntiphonChoir and organc. 1845♫Antiphon for the Asperges of Passion SundayWAB 4Asperges meF majorAntiphonChoirc. 1844♫Antiphon for the AspergesWAB 5Ave MariaF majorHymnSoprano, alto, choir, organ, and cello1856♫Hail Mary, a Marian hymnWAB 6Ave MariaF majorHymnChoir (SAATTBB)1861♫Hail Mary, a Marian hymnWAB 7Ave MariaF majorHymnAlto, and piano, organ or harmonium1882♫Hail Mary, a Marian hymnWAB 8Ave Regi
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Choral Music Notes - Bruckner Motets

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A short biography

Josef Anton Bruckner was born on September 4, 1824 in the upper Austrian town of Ansfelden. His father was a schoolteacher and church organist, and Bruckner's initial studies followed similar lines. When Bruckner was 13, his father died, and he enrolled in the church school at St. Florian (some ten miles from Linz) as a chorister. There, he studied organ, piano, and music theory.

At the age of 16, he entered a teacher-training school in Linz, and began work as a schoolteacher at St. Florian in 1845. He became the cathedral organist in 1848. At St. Florian he began to compose sacred music. In 1855, he went to Vienna to formally study harmony and counterpoint at the Vienna Conservatory under Professor Simon Sechter. The next year, he became the cathedral organist in Linz, and began studies in orchestration with Otto Kitzler, a cellist who introduced Bruckner to Wagner's operas.

On his own, Bruckner assiduously studied the music of Renaissance Italian polyphonic masters suc

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