Bruckner composed the work for the Vesper service of the feast of the Assumption of Mary.

Despite the fact that Traumihler was a fervent adept of the Cecilian Movement,[3] the work remained in the repertoire of the monastery.

[4][3] The work, the manuscript of which is stored in the archive of the St. Florian Abbey, was first publish in volume II/2, pp.

[3][4][5] On 25 June 2017 a new edition of the score by Cohrs, prepared for the Anton Bruckner Urtext Gesamtausgabe,[6] has been premiered by Łukasz Borowicz with the RIAS Kammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

[7] The 77-bar long composition in B♭ major is set in Allegro moderato for SATB choir and soloists, and orchestra (2 trumpets in B♭, timpani, and strings without violas).