Afferentur regi is the second of the two "great motets" during a "fruitful though brief" period of Bruckner's compositional career following Sechter's tuition, the other motet being the Ave Maria WAB 6. Afferentur regi was premiered in St. Florian Abbey on the feast day of Saint Lucy, 13 December 1861.
Original Name | Afferentur regi |
Librettist | (Offertorium of the Missa pro Virgine et Martyre) |
Date of composition | 1861 (7 November 1861) |
Premiered | 1861, December 31st (St. Florian Abbey) in Sankt Florian, Austria |
First published | 1922, Universal Edition in Vienna, Austria |
Dedicated to | Johann Baptist Burgstaller |
Tonality | F Major |
Catalogue | WAB 1 |
Spoken language | Latin |
Instruments |
Chorus/Choir
3x Trombone |
Autotranslations beta |
Anton Bruckner: Led to the king en fa majeur, WAB 1 Anton Bruckner: Led to the king in fa maggiore, WAB 1 Anton Bruckner: Led to the king F-dur, WAB 1 |