Bruckner composed the song on a text of Heinrich von der Mattig on 19 October 1877 in memory of his friend Joseph Seiberl, who died on 10 June 1877. The piece was performed nine days later by the Liedertafel Sängerbund in the St. Florian Abbey. The work, of which the original manuscript is stored in the Library of Congress in Washington, was first issued in Band XXIII/2, No. 28a of the Gesamtausgabe.

Original Name Trösterin Musik
Date of composition 1886
Premiered 1886, April 11th (Musikvereinsaal) in Vienna, Austria
First published 1911, Universal Edition in Vienna, Austria
Type Song(s)
Catalogue WAB 88
Arrangement of Anton Bruckner: "Obituary" in C minor, WAB 81
Instruments Male Chorus
Organ
Autotranslations beta Anton Bruckner: "Music, the Comforter", WAB 88
Anton Bruckner: "Music, the Comforter", WAB 88
Anton Bruckner: "Music, the Comforter", WAB 88