by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967)
The merry‑go‑round
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Under the roof and the roof's shadow turns [ ... ]
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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), "Das Karussell", subtitle: "Jardin du Luxembourg", appears in Neue Gedichte, first published 1892
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), "The merry-go-round", published c2011, copyright © 2008 [ soprano, flute, guitar and harp ], from Selected poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1, Minneapolis, MN : Kenwood Editions ; Libby Larsen Publishing [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba), a translation by Janina Degutytė (1928 - 1990) ; composed by Nijolė Sinkevičiūtė.
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