Two Aequali for three Trombones, Anton Bruckner. 3 Trombones

Anton Bruckner
Two Aequali for three Trombones
Dominik Rahmer (Editor)
 
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Chamber music with winds
for Alto, Tenor and Bass Trombones, includes additional parts in bass clef for Alto and Tenor Trombones
Pages 11 (III+5+1+1+1), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Weight 80 g
HN 1157 · ISMN 979-0-2018-1157-4

These two Aequali for three trombones are really works of Bruckners youth, for he was only 22 years old when he composed them for the funeral of his great-aunt in January 1847. He was at that time a school assistant at the St Florian Monastery near Linz. In spite of the pieces early date, the romantic, expressive harmonies of the two brief Aequale already reveal the true Bruckner, and look forwards to the chorale-like trombone passages in his later symphonies. Together with Beethovens Three Equali for four trombones WoO 30 (HN 1151) they are among the classics of the trombone repertoire. This Henle Urtext edition is based on the autograph sources in the monastery libraries of St Florian and Seitenstetten. The bass trombone part for the second Aequale is no longer extant, so we here offer a suggested reconstruction to enable the work to be performed.

Content
Aequale c minor WAB 114
Aequale c minor WAB 149