It was first performed in 1911 by Viktor Keldorfer with the Wiener Männergesang-Verein (Vienna men's choral association), and was thereafter published by the Universal Edition.

The work, of which the original manuscript is stored in the archive of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein,[1] is issued in Band XXIII/2, No.

The 82-bar long work in G-flat major is scored for TTBB choir, tenor or baritone soloist.

Similarly to Das hohe Lied, the first part (58 bars) is sung by the soloist with an accompaniment of humming voices.

[1] The first recording of Abendzauber was by Bryan Fairfax, with Alfred Orda (tenor), the BBC Chorus and the horns of the London Symphony Orchestra, Szymanowski - Bruckner - Schumann.