by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967)
Lady on the balcony
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Swiftly she comes wrapped in the wind [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967), copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Dame auf einem Balkon", appears in Neue Gedichte
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Lady on the balcony", published c2011, copyright © 2008 [ soprano, flute, guitar and harp ], from Selected poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2, Minneapolis, MN : Uitgever: Kenwood Editions ; Libby Larsen Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2023-12-06
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Word count: 43