2 mixed choirs - advanced - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q7255 Motet after Friedrich Rückert. Composed by Robert Schumann. Arranged by Georg Christoph Biller. This edition: score. Downloadable, Score. Op. 93. Schott Music - Digital #Q7255. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q7255). German.At first described as a 'religious song' by Schumann, the motet 'Verzweifle nicht' could be heard with organ accompaniment for the first time on 4 July 1850 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the University's St. Pauli choral society in Leipzig. He wrote the organ version specifically for this performance for he had originally planned an orchestral accompaniment. That, however, could only be completed later and was eventually premiered in 1853. In a letter to Schumann, Herrmann Langer, the conductor of both world premieres, mentioned 'the wonderful effect which the same has produced' and that, to him, 'the motet was one of the most stimulating and inspiring creations in male-voice literature'.
