Die Versuchung Jesu

Die Versuchung Jesu (The temptation of Jesus) is a composition for a mixed choir a cappella by Gustav Gunsenheimer, written in 1968. It is an Evangelienmotette (Gospel motet), based on the gospel in German of the temptation of Christ, written for one of the Sundays of Lent. The text is the biblical passage from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 4:1–11), followed by the first stanza from the hymn "Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel" written by Georg Weissel, in a setting of the original melody by Johann Stobäus. The duration is given as 4 minutes. It was published by Carus-Verlag in 1968. A characteristic feature of the composition is that the part of the devil is rendered spoken, at times in canon.