The name "Davidsbündler" already appears in Schumann's first musical essay, "The Davidsbündler" which was published in Karl Herloßsohn’s newspaper "Der Komet" (The Comet) in December 1833. Its narrator finds a paper shred thrown out of a window by a "Swedish head with a crooked nose" bearing the following message on its backside: "Finder! To the Good and to the Great you have been chosen!
The name "Davidsbündler" already appears in Schumann's initial musical essay, "The Davidsbündler," which was published in Karl Herloßsohn’s newspaper "Der Komet" (The Comet) in December 1833. Its narrator discovers a torn piece of paper thrown out of a window by a "Swedish head with a crooked nose," bearing the following message on its reverse: "Finder! To the Good and to the Great you have been chosen!"