The score and parts were printed in September that year by Bote & Bock in Berlin, including a translation to English by Mrs. Bertram Shapleigh.

[2] Reger composed the second motet for an eight-part choir (SSAATTBB) in Leipzig and Tegernsee in July and August 1911.

The motet was first performed on 13 December 1913 in Aachen by the Städtischer Gesangverein (Municipal Singing Association), conducted by Fritz Busch.

The score and parts were printed in October that year by Bote & Bock in Berlin, supplying also an anonymous translation to English.

The motet was first performed on 10 November 1912 by the church choir of St. Lukas in Chemnitz, conducted by Georg Stolz.