Bruckner singled out this work as his own personal favorite referring to it as 'the pride of my life.' It is certainly one of the most positive joyous and compelling ever to come from his pen and is believed to have been the last music of his which he attended in live performance. The original Te Deum was writte for quartet of solo voices full chorus of mixed voices Organ and Orchestra; this the vocal score replaces this instrumental accompaniment with piano.
