Sternschnuppen, WAB 85

 (Shooting stars), WAB 73, is a song, which Anton Bruckner composed for his own men's voice quartet in during his stay in the Sankt Florian.
History.
Bruckner composed the song on a text of Ernst Marinelli in . He dedicated it to his own men's voice quartet, which was composed of Ludwig Ehrenecker, Franz Schäfler, Johann Nepomuk Hueber and himself. It is not known when the piece was first performed.
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey.
The piece was first published in band II/2, pp. 94-96 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was thereafter issued in 1954, together with "Ständchen", in the "Chorblattreihe" of Robitschek, Vienna. 
The piece is issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 5 of the "".
Text.
Sternschnuppen is using a text by Ernst Marinelli.
Music.
The 38-bar long work in F major is scored for quartet. In the Göllerich/Auer biography the song is described as follows: "" (On the whole piece rests the softish romanticism of the at that time popular men's choir-music).
Discography.
A selection among the few recordings of "Sternschnuppen":