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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Eine alte Weide trauert
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Eine alte Weide trauert
dürr und fühllos in den Mai, –
eine alte Hütte kauert
grau und einsam hart dabei.

War ein Nest einst in der Weide,
in der Hütt ein Glück zu Haus;
Winter kam und Weh, -- und beide
blieben aus ...

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1923, p.73


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Träumen, no. 4 [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 Hans Altmann (1904 - 1961), "Eine alte Weide trauert", op. 38 no. 2 (1950) [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm von Baselli , "Eine alte Weide trauert", 1950? [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 9, Wien : Wilhelm von Baselli [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Binder , "Eine alte Weide trauert", published 1932 [ men's chorus and oboe or clarinet ], Leipzig, Zürich : Hug [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fritz Eschbach (1881 - 1938), "Eine alte Weide trauert", 1935 [ men's chorus ], from Rilke-Zyklus; Drei Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Eine alte Weide trauert", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 22, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Eine alte Weide trauert", op. 56 no. 26 [ voice and piano ], from 27 Lieder zu Gedichte von R. M. Rilke, no. 26 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Konietzny (1910 - 1983), "Eine alte Weide trauert" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-07-10
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Word count: 42

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