by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Et in arcadia ego
Language: German (Deutsch)
Komm her ins Kerzenlicht. Ich bin nicht bang, die Toten anzuschauen. Wenn sie kommen, so haben sie ein Recht, in unserm Blick sich aufzuhalten, wie die andern Dinge.
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Et in arcadia ego" [author's text not yet checked 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 Torsten Rasch (b. 1965), "Et in arcadia ego", 2013-14, first performed 2014 [ soprano, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus and orchestra ], from A foreign field, no. 3, Faber Music [sung text not yet checked]
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