Frühlingslied, WAB 68

Frühlingslied ("Spring song"), WAB 68, is a lied composed by Anton Bruckner in 1851 for the name-day of Aloisia Bogner.

Bruckner composed the lied on a text of Heinrich Heine in 1851 for "the name-day of a blossoming spring rose" (dem Nahmensfeste einer auflblühenden Frühlingsrose), Bruckner's 16-year old pupil Aloisia Bogner,[1][2][3][4] for whom he also composed Der Mondabend and the piano works Lancier-Quadrille, WAB 120, and Steiermärker, WAB 122.

[6] Frühlingslied is based on a text by Heinrich Heine, with one minor change:[2] Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt Liebliches Geläute.

Kling hinaus bis an sein Haus, Wo die Blumen sprießen, Wenn du eine Rose schaust, Sag, ich lass' dich grüßen.

[2] The voice score is conducted cantabile, and the piano accompaniment uses a continuous figuration.