by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Schwerkraft
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mitte, wie du aus allen dich ziehst, auch noch aus Fliegenden dich wiedergewinnst, Mitte, du Stärkste. Stehender: wie ein Trank den Durst durchstürzt ihn die Schwerkraft. Doch aus dem Schlafenden fällt, wie aus lagernder Wolke, reichlicher Regen der Schwere.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Schwerkraft" [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 Nathaniel Basa , "Schwerkraft", 2013 [ bass-baritone, string orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Holmer Becker (b. 1955), "Schwerkraft", published 2002 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrea Csollány (b. 1964), "Mitte, wie du aus allen", 1995 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Spencer , "Schwerkraft", 2020 [ baritone voice and bass clarinet ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , copyright © ; composed by Oliver Knussen, CBE.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-13
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Word count: 39
Gravity
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Center, how from all beings [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Schwerkraft"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Oliver Knussen, CBE (1952 - 2018), "Gravity", 1988, published 1989, first performed 1989 [ soprano ], from Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke , no. 3, Faber Music [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 48