Despair not in this vale of pain
composer: Robert Schumann
arranger: Georg Christoph Biller
text writer: Friedrich Rueckert
Motet after Friedrich Rückert, op. 93
Arranged from the Original Version for 2 Male Choirs
Premiere: May 7, 2010 Leipzig, Thomaskirche (D) · Conductor: Georg Christoph Biller · Thomanerchor Leipzig
Instrumentation: 2 mixed choirs
Publisher: Schott Music
Year of composition: 1850
Difficulty: advanced
Edition: score
Language: German
48 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-001-17204-2
Order number: ED 20829
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Description
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'.
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