?Locusiste? is a sacred motet composed by Anton Bruckner on 11 August 1869. The Latintext is used for the annual celebration of a church's dedication. The incipit translatesto "This place was made by God", with the text concentrating on theconcept of the sacred place, based on the Biblical story of Jacob's Ladder,Jacob's saying "Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not"(Genesis 28:16), and the story of the burning bush where Moses is told"put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standestis holy ground" (Exodus 3:5).

Brucknerset it for four unaccompanied voices, intended for the dedication of theVotivkapelle at the New Cathedral in Linz, Austria, where Bruckner had been acathedral organist from 1855 to 1868. It was the first motet that Brucknercomposed in Vienna. It was published in 1886, together with three other gradualmotets, and was premiered on 29 October 1869.

Arrangedfor SATB Saxophone Quartet, a recording of the original motet can be found onYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQRYwe4KDDQ.



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Anton Bruckner's Virga Jesse, Motet W.A.B. 52, for 4-part Tuba Ensemble was written in 1885 as a tribute to Jesse, the father of King David. The text is based on Isaiah 11 establishing Jesus in the lineage of King David.

The music is symphonic in breadth, but also harkens back to Gregorian Chant and Renaissance polyphony. As with so much of Bruckner's music, long phrases begin softly and mysteriously, building to giant ecstatic climaxes.

Robert Coulter has beautifully arranged this work of 4 minutes in length for performers at a moderately advanced level. Parts are all in bass clef for 2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas.

Ecce Sacerdos Magnus (?Behold the Great Priest?) comes from the early European tradition of plainchant. Bruckner?s setting of the responsory, originally scored for eight-part mixed choir, organ and three trombones, brings certain medieval qualities to an otherwise Romantic-era composition.



This transcription for 10-part brass choir is appropriate for intermediate level and above and attempts to retain the majesty, power, and beauty of the original piece. It should be approached as a choral piece: connected and fluid. The harmonic language is essentially triadic; great care should be taken in the tuning of each chord throughout the piece.



Instrumentation is for: 3 Trumpets in B-flat, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones, Euphonium and Tuba.



Listen to the live performance by a young group of musicians conducted by Dr. Paul Stevens, Professor of Horn at KU.

Symphony No. 9 in D minor by Anton Bruckner is his final work, unfinished and in 3 movements. Randall Malmstrom has arranged another great excerpt from the Austrian master, the Coda of Movement I for an 8-part Trombone Ensemble.

The Coda is solemn, majestic, spiritual, and leaves the listener spellbound, its effect being so overwhelming.

The arrangement of about 3 1/2 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers. The top part is in alto clef.

ISBN 9780193542082.

For SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied. An impressive setting of the Gradual for Maundy Thursday, dating from 1884, the period of the Seventh Symphony and the Te Deum.