by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Antwort zu geben jedem, dem geringsten
Language: German (Deutsch)
Antwort zu geben jedem, dem geringsten Anruf des Lebens, das sich zu dir kehrt: Oh Gunst, oh Geist, oh unaufhörlich Pfingsten! Und jeder Gegen-Wert erweckt dir Wert.
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926 [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 Holmer Becker (b. 1955), "Antwort zu geben jedem, dem geringsten", published 2002 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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