“Locus Iste”. Composer: Anton Bruckner. Sung By: Tenebræ. Musical Director: Nigel Short.

English: The “New Cathedral”, Linz, Austria.

Bruckner composed “Locus iste” for The Dedication of The Votivkapelle

(Votive Chapel) of this Cathedral. This Motet was published in 1886.

Deutsch: Österreich, Linz, Mariä-Empfängnis-Dom

Русский: Австрия, Линц, Новый собор

Photo: 17 August 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pierre Bona

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“Locus Iste”.

Composer: Bruckner.

Sung By: Tenebræ.

Director: Nigel Short.

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The Votive Chapel (Votivkapelle),

Linz Cathedral, Austria.

Photo: 17 June 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zairon

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“Locus iste” (English: “This Place”), is a Sacred Motet composed by Anton Bruckner in 1869. The Text is the Latin Gradual “Locus iste” for the annual Celebration of a Church’s Dedication. The Incipit, “Locus iste a Deo factus est”, translates to “This place was made by God”.[1]

Bruckner set it for four unaccompanied voices, intended for The Dedication of The Votivkapelle (Votive Chapel) at the New Cathedral in Linz, Austria, where Bruckner had been a Cathedral Organist. It was the first Motet that Bruckner composed in Vienna. It was published in 1886, together with three other Gradual Motets.

As a composition with no obvious technical difficulty, it has been performed by Church Choirs and by professionals, often to celebrate Church Dedications.