Frühlingslied, WAB 68
History. Bruckner composed the lied on a text of Heinrich Heine in 1851 for "the name-day of a blossoming spring rose" (), Bruckner's 16-year old pupil Aloisia Bogner, for whom he also composed "Der Mondabend" and the piano works "Lancier-Quadrille", WAB 120, and "Steiermärker", WAB 122. The manuscript is stored in the archive of the of Linz. The lied, which was first published in Band II/2, pp. 44–46 of the Göllerich/Auer biography, is issued in Band XXIII/1, No. 1 of the . Text. Frühlingslied is based on a text by Heinrich Heine, with one  minor change: Music. The 24-bar long work in A major is scored for solo voice and piano. This easy composition displays no relationship with Mendelssohn's "Frühlingslied". The voice score is conducted "cantabile", and the piano accompaniment uses a continuous figuration. Discography. There are two recordings of "Frühlingslied":