This volume includes four separate detached parts (one each for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and a score with organ accompaniment. The parts are oriented vertically and the score horizontally.

Christian Heinrich Rinck was a German organist, composer, and celebrated teacher. He wrote primarily for organ and was selected by Schott to prepare the first piano version of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Rinck's library was given to Yale University.