Gieb deine Schönheit immer hin ohne Rechnen und Reden. Du schweigst. Sie sagt für dich : Ich bin. Und kommt in tausendfachem Sinn, kommt endlich über jeden.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke; Band 1, Insel-Verlag, 1926, p.409
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Initiale", appears in Das Buch der Bilder [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 Omar Daniel , "Initiale", 2012 [ soprano solo ], from Songbook volume 1 , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Foccroulle (b. 1953), "Gieb deine Schönheit", 2010 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Am Rande der Nacht II, no. 6, Editions Pierre Neuray [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Foccroulle (b. 1953), "Gieb deine Schönheit", 2009 [ soprano and piano trio ], from Wer du auch seist, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard Foccroulle (b. 1953), "Gieb deine Schönheit", 2007 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Am Rande der Nacht I, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Yasunori Sago , "第1楽章", 2009 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Symphony No.10, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jürgen Schmitt (b. 1954), "Initiale", published 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from 4 Lieder nach Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952) , copyright © ; composed by Mathias Rüegg.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Mathias Rüegg) , copyright ©
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-18
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Let your beauty always be [ ... ]
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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.Authorship:
- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Initiale", appears in Das Buch der Bilder
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Mathias Rüegg (b. 1952), "Seven Pages of Loneliness", first performed 2021 [ voice and band ], from my poet’s love, no. 11, sung by Lia Pale on album: my poet’s love, Universal Music Austria (Soulfood)
This text was added to the website: 2023-11-09
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