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Afferentur regi
motet composed by Anton Bruckner
Afferentur regi | |
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Draft of Afferentur regi, page 1 | |
Key | F major |
Catalogue | WAB 1 |
Form | Offertory |
Language | Latin |
Dedication | Johann Baptist Burgstaller () |
Performed | 31December(): St.
Florian Abbey |
Published | (): Vienna |
Vocal | SATB choir |
Instrumental | 3 trombones ad lib. |
Afferentur regi (Led to the king), WAB 1, is a motet, which Anton Bruckner composed on 7 November on the text of the Offertorium of the Missa pro Virgine et Martyre.[1]
History
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 MariaWAB 6.[2]Afferentur regi was premiered in St.
Florian Abbey on the feast day of Saint Lucy, 13 December [3]
An early draft for choir alone was found in a monastic archive at Kremsmünster Abbey. The