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Symphony No. 5
by Anton Bruckner
A portrait of Anton Bruckner
Key	B-flat major
Catalogue	WAB 105
Composed	1875 (1875)–1876 1877 (1877)–1881
Dedication	Karl von Stremayr
Published	1896 (1896) (ed. Schalk) 1935 (1935) (ed. Robert Haas) 1951 (1951) (ed. Leopold Nowak)
Recorded	1937 (1937)
Movements	4
Premiere
Date	8 April 1894 (1894-04-08)
Location	Graz
Conductor	Franz Schalk

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| name              = Symphony No. 5
| image             = Anton Bruckner.jpg
| caption           = A portrait of Anton Bruckner
| key               = B-flat major
| dedication        = [[Karl von Stremayr]]
| composer          = [[Anton Bruckner]]
| catalogue         = [[Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner|WAB]] 105
| movements         = 4
| composed          = {{plainlist|
* {{Start date|1875}}–1876
* {{Start date|1877}}–1881
}}
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1894|04|08|df=y}}<ref>Paul Hawkshaw and Timothy L. Jackson. "Bruckner, Anton." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/40030 (accessed 4 June 2011).</ref>
| premiere_location = [[Graz]]
| premiere_conductor= [[Franz Schalk]]
| published         = {{plainlist|
* {{Start date|1896}} (ed. Schalk)
* {{Start date|1935}} (ed. Robert Haas)
* {{nowrap|{{Start date|1951}} (ed. Leopold Nowak)}}
}}
| first_recording   = {{Start date|1937}} [[Karl Böhm]], [[Dresden Staatskapelle]]
}}

Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
Hymn by Martin Luther
1567 publication
English	From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Genre	Hymn Christmas carol
Written	1534 (1534)
Text	by Martin Luther
Language	German
Meter	8.8.8.8
Melody	of a secular song (1535) probably by Martin Luther (1539)
Published	1535 (1535)

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| name                = Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
| image               = VomHimmel00007012.jpg
| caption             = 1567 publication
| translation         = From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
| native_name_lang    = [[German language|German]]
| composer            = 
| genre               = {{plainlist|
* [[Hymn]]
* [[Christmas carol]]
}}
| text                = by [[Martin Luther]]
| written             = {{start date|1534}}
| meter               = 8.8.8.8
| language            = German
| melody              = {{plainlist|
* of a secular song (1535)
* probably by Martin Luther (1539)
}}
| published           = {{start date|1535}}
}}

Wesendonck Lieder
Song cycle by Richard Wagner
Portrait of Mathilde Wesendonck (1850) by Karl Ferdinand Sohn
English	Wesendonck Songs
Catalogue	WWV 91
Text	Poems by Mathilde Wesendonck
Language	German
Composed	1857 (1857)–1858
Scoring	voice and piano

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| name                = {{nowrap|{{lang|de|Wesendonck Lieder}}}}
| type                = [[Song cycle]]
| composer            = [[Richard Wagner]]
| image               = File:Mathilde Wesendonck by Karl Ferdinand Sohn, 1850.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Portrait of Mathilde Wesendonck (1850) by [[Karl Ferdinand Sohn]]
| translation         = Wesendonck Songs
| catalogue           = [[Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis|WWV]] 91
| text                = Poems by [[Mathilde Wesendonck]]
| language            = [[German language|German]]
| composed            = {{start date|1857}}–1858
| scoring             = voice and piano
}}

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