Gloria et Honor was completed by Salieri in July 1809 in Vienna. This edition is based upon the autograph score, preserved in the music collection of the Austrian National Library in Vienna: HK.2955. The score is laid out over eleven pages, eleven staves per page. The top of first page of the manuscript reads: Offertor. Nro 2 Luglio 1809. Salieri. This composition is scored for SATB choir, two oboes, two trumpets in C, timpani, two violins, viola, cello, bass and continuo. The text is taken from the Apocalypse of Saint John.