by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Souvent au‑devant de nous
Language: French (Français)
Souvent au-devant de nous l'âme-oiseau s'élance; c'est un ciel plus doux qui déjà la balance, pendant que nous marchons sous des nuées épaisses. Tout en peinant, profitons de son ardente adresse.
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924/5, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 37 [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 Charlotte Bray , "l'âme-oiseau", 2010 [ tenor, piano, and string quartet ], from Verre de Venise, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Véronique Dubuis , "Souvent au-devant de nous" [ mixed chorus ], from Plumes Valaisannes, no. 4, Éditions musicales Henry Labatiaz [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-06
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