| Libera me | |
|---|---|
| Motet by Anton Bruckner | |
 L'Office des morts (Les très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry), Musée Condé, Chantilly | |
| Key | F major |
| Catalogue | WAB 21 |
| Form | Absoute |
| Text | Libera me |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | c. 1843: Kronstorf |
| Published | 1932: Regensburg |
| Vocal | SATB choir |
| Instrumental | Organ |
Libera me (Deliver me), WAB 21, is the first of two settings of the absoute Libera me, composed by Anton Bruckner in c. 1843.
Bruckner composed the motet during his stay in Kronstorf. The work was presumably performed at that time.[1]
The original manuscript is lost, but there are two good copies, one made by Max Auer (Kronstorf, 1903). The motet was first published in band I, pp. 243–248 of the Göllerich/Auer biography.[2][1] It is put in Band XXI/3 of the Gesamtausgabe.[3]
The work is scored in F major for mixed choir and organ. In this youth work, two parts of the responsory are not included: the second "Quando caeli movendi sunt et terra" and the second "Dum veneris iudicare saeculum per ignem".[2][1]
There are a few recordings of this first setting of Libera me:
