Friede auf Erden op. 13 is considered Arnold Schönberg's last tonal composition and is one of the few choral works of the Second Viennese School. On the same day that Schönberg completed op. 13, he wrote the first sketches for his 2nd String Quartet, a key work of atonal music. Even though Schönberg later orchestrated Friede auf Erden, the movement is to be performed a cappella according to his conception.

To support the rehearsal, the present choral score includes the piano transcription by ...