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Der von Langenau rückt im Sattel und sagt: "Herr Marquis . . . " Sein Nachbar, der kleine feine Franzose, hat erst drei Tage lang gesprochen und gelacht. Jetzt weiß er nichts mehr. Er ist wie ein Kind, das schlafen möchte. Staub bleibt auf seinem feinen weißen Spitzenkragen liegen; er merkt es nicht. Er wird langsam welk in seinem samtenen Sattel. Aber der von Langenau lächelt und sagt: "Ihr habt seltsame Augen, Herr Marquis. Gewiß seht Ihr Eurer Mutter ähnlich --" Da blüht der Kleine noch einmal auf und stäubt seinen Kragen ab und ist wie neu.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke. Kommentiere Ausgabe in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel, Ulrich Fülleborn, Horst Nalewski, August Stahl, Band I Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 142.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 2, first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Der von Langenau rückt im Sattel", 1918/1919, from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Kornetts Christoph Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Der kleine Marquis", 1942 [ alto and chamber orchestra ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Der von Langenau rückt im Sattel und sagt: "Herr Marquis . . . "", 1914, first performed 1914 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 3, Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Sturzenegger (1905 - 1976), "Invention" [ speaker and orchestra ], from Melodramas (Fragments), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "The little Marquis", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le petit marquis", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Von Langenau repositions himself in his saddle and says: "Marquis..." At first his neighbor, the fine little Frenchman, had spoken and laughed for three days. Now he knows nothing anymore. He is like a child who wants to sleep. Dust is settling on his fine white lace collar; he does not notice it. He is slowly wilting in his velvety saddle. But von Langenau smiles and says: "You have strange eyes, Marquis. No doubt you resemble your mother.-" At that the little one blossoms one more time and dusts off his collar and is as new.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 2, first published 1906
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 96