 It is in five parts, separated by cadences on the responses "Quando cœli" and "Dum veneris"

Part 3 contains dissonances similar to those found in the "Agnus Dei" of the later Mass in E minor.Apart from its significance as a precursor to Bruckner's mature style, the F minor "Libera me" is effective on its own terms.The music is heartfelt and profound, and is a gracious, if rather austere, rendering of the text.