Bruckner composed the motet on 31 January 1868 at the end of his stay in Linz. Bruckner’s original intention was to have it performed at the same time as the first performance of his Mass in E minor for the dedication of the votive chapel in Linz, the first part of the New Cathedral. Bruckner heard his work only twenty years later. The first performance occurred on 18 August 1890 (the emperor's birthday) in the Stadtpfarrkiche of Steyer.
| Original Name | Pange lingua |
| Date of composition | 1868 (31 January 1868) in Linz, Austria |
| Premiered | 1890, August 18th |
| First published | 1885 in Regensburg, Germany |
| Dedicated to | votive chapel in Linz, the first part of the New Cathedral |
| Tonality | Phrygian |
| Catalogue | WAB 33 |
| Spoken language | Latin |
| Instruments | Chorus/Choir - SATB |
| Autotranslations beta |
Anton Bruckner: Tell, my tongue, WAB 33 Anton Bruckner: Tell, my tongue, WAB 33 Anton Bruckner: Tell, my tongue, WAB 33 |