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, for whom he also composed Der Mondabend and the piano works Lancier-Quadrille, WAB 120, and Steiermärker, WAB 122.
| Original Name | Frühlingslied |
| Librettist | Heinrich Heine |
| Date of composition | 1851 in Sankt Florian, Austria |
| Dedicated to | Aloisia Bogner |
| Type | Lied |
| Tonality | A Major |
| Catalogue | WAB 68 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice
Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Anton Bruckner: "Spring song" en la majeur, WAB 68 Anton Bruckner: "Spring song" in la maggiore, WAB 68 Anton Bruckner: "Spring song" A-dur, WAB 68 |