Locus iste
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{{Lang|la|Locus iste}} is the Latin gradual for the anniversary of the dedication of a church ({{Lang|la|Missa in anniversario dedicationis ecclesiae}}), which in German is called {{Lang|de|Kirchweih}}.Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824-1896 - Leven en werken, Thoth, 2012, p.706 The incipit {{Lang|la|Locus iste a Deo factus est}} translates to "This place was made by God".{{cite web|url=http://emmanuelmusic.org/notes_translations/translations_motets/t_bruckner_locus_iste.htm|title=Motet Translations / Anton Bruckner: Locus Iste|publisher=Emmanuel Music|accessdate=26 September 2014}} One of the most famous settings is by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner.
Text
The text is based on the Biblical story of Jacob's Ladder, Jacob's saying "Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not" ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Genesis|chapter=28|verse=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 standest is holy ground" ({{Sourcetext|source=Bible|version=King James|book=Exodus|chapter=3|verse=5}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.carus-verlag.com/index.php3?selSprache=1&BLink=KKWerk&WerkID=956|title=Anton Bruckner: Locus iste|publisher=Carus-Verlag|accessdate=26 September 2014}}
inaestimabile sacramentum, irreprehensibilis est.}} |style="padding-left:2em;"| Profoundly sacred, it is beyond reproof. |
A translation closer to the Latin is:
a priceless sacrament; |
Plainchant
The plainchant of the gradual appears in the Liber Usualis at p. 1064 of the 1924 edition (modern notation) and p. 1251 of the 1961 edition (chant notation) and also in the Graduale Novum on the p. 379.
Bruckner's setting
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Bruckner completed the motet for unaccompanied SATB choir in 1869 for the dedication of a votive chapel at the New Cathedral in Linz.{{cite book|editor=Williamson, John|title=The Cambridge Companion to Bruckner|series=Cambridge Companions to Music|date=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521008785|page=58}} The motet is often performed on anniversaries of church dedication.{{cite news|last=Camartin|first=Iso|url=http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/startseite/articlecojhi-1.133188|title=Dieser Ort / Anton Bruckner und Jakobs Traum von der Himmelsleiter|date=15 May 2005|newspaper=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|language=German|accessdate=26 September 2014}} The piece, which takes about three minutes to perform, is in the key of C major and in common time.
References
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External links
:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpg9rxRjIzY Locus Iste] (video); Libera Official, 2009 (Youtube).
:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH4E-uGh5Sg Locus Iste] (Visions; music); Libera Official, 2016 (Youtube).
:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyvnkvFnSXw Locus Iste] by Libera (lyrics & translation); Youtube, 2016.
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