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.
Photo: 17 August 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Pierre Bona
(Wikimedia Commons)
“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
(Wikimedia Commons)
“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.
