Originally for orchestra with (in the final pages) tenor solo and chorus (SATB); orchestral accompaniment arranged for piano 4 hands.
Words by Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter.
"Zum erstenmal aufgeführt auf dem 31ten Niederrheinischen Musikfest in Düsseldorf den 17ten Mai 1853."
First edition.
Engraved.
The text is printed between the staves and beneath the lower staff in both the Primo and Secondo parts.
Although K. Hofmann, in Die Erstdrucke der Werke von Robert Schumann (p. 271) says that the t.p. of this edition "ist identisch mit dem der Partitur," it is not.
H. Zimmermann.
Müller von Königswinter, Wolfgang, 1816-1873.
Zimmermann, H., former owner.