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