The rich and fortunate do well to keep silent [ ... ]
Voices
Song Cycle by Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)
1. Opening  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Title page", appears in Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, first published 1986, copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Titelblatt", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Die Stimmen: Neun Blätter mit einem Titelblatt, no. 1, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Song of the beggar  [sung text checked 1 time]
I am always going from door to door [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , appears in Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, first published 1986, copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Das Lied des Bettlers", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Die Stimmen: Neun Blätter mit einem Titelblatt, no. 2, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Song of the drunkard  [sung text checked 1 time]
It was not in me. It moved in and out [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Song of the drunkard", appears in Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, first published 1986, copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Das Lied des Trinkers", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Die Stimmen: Neun Blätter mit einem Titelblatt, no. 4, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Song of the suicide  [sung text checked 1 time]
Well, then, one final look around [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Song of the suicide", appears in Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, first published 1986, copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Das Lied des Selbstmörders", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Die Stimmen: Neun Blätter mit einem Titelblatt, no. 5, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. Song of the idiot  [sung text checked 1 time]
They do not hinder me. They let me go [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Song of the idiot", appears in Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, first published 1986, copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Das Lied des Idioten", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Die Stimmen: Neun Blätter mit einem Titelblatt, no. 7, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.6. Song of the leper  [sung text checked 1 time]
See, I am one everyone has deserted [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Song of the leper", appears in Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, first published 1986, copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Das Lied des Aussätzigen", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, in Die Stimmen: Neun Blätter mit einem Titelblatt, no. 10, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.7. I am, O Anxious One  [sung text checked 1 time]
I have great faith in all things not yet spoken [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich bin, du Ängstlicher", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 19, first published 1905
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.8. As once the winged energy of delight  [sung text checked 1 time]
As once the winged energy of delight [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) [text unavailable]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.9. Voices  [sung text checked 1 time]
Voices. Voices. Listen, my heart, as only saints have listened [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), note: adapted from Rilke's Duineser Elegien, no. 1 and no. 10, copyright ©
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