by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation by Wendy Dixon
To say before going to sleep
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
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Authorship:
- by Wendy Dixon
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Zum Einschlafen zu sagen", written 1900, appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stephen Yates (b. 1957), "To say before going to sleep", 2014, published 2014 [ voice, piano ], In: Wendy Dixon and David Miller, Voice of Australia : Volume II, Wirripang
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Albert Ernest Flemming , "To say before going to sleep", appears in Rainer Maria Rilke: Selected Poems, first published 1986, copyright © ; composed by Harrison Birtwistle, Sir, Jake Heggie.
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