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• by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "An die Musik" [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 Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "An die Musik", published 1997? [ soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, harp, violins, viola violoncello and double bass ], London : Universal [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josep Cercós , "An die Musik", published 2004 [ soprano, tenor, piano ], Tritó [sung text not yet checked]
• by Omar Daniel , "Prologue, Entr'act and Postlude", 2012 [ soprano and electronics ], note: Daniel Omar in an interview with Soundstreams: Prelude has a secret component to it that will be revealed when patrons enter the lobby area, followed by a setting of R.M. Rilke’s 'An die Musik' for soprano and live electronics. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Omar Daniel , "An die Musik", 2012 [ soprano, unaccompanied ], from Songbook volume 1 , no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Iván Eröd (1936 - 2019), "An die Musik", 1989, published 1989, first performed 1989 [ baritone, oboe and orchestra ], from cantata Vox Lucis, no. 6, Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Harald Feller (b. 1951), "Musik" [ chorus ], from 3 Chöre nach Texten von Rilke [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andrée Greenwell , "An die Musik", 1918/2021 [ mixed chorus or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Haas (1886 - 1960), "Musik" [ voice, flute and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Haass (1897 - 1955), "Musik", copyright © 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1, Köln : H. Gerig [sung text not yet checked]
• by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Musik: Atem der Statuen", 2013, published 2016 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], In:Daron Hagen, 38 songs and arias, New York : Burning Sled [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jason Haney (b. 1969), "An die Musik", published 2002 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ], In: SCI journal of music scores, v. 32, Published for the Society of Composers, Inc. by European American Music Distributors Corporation, New York, NY  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Herrmann (1896 - 1967), "Hymne an die Musik", subtitle: "Ein himmlisches Konzert nach alter und neuer Dichtung", 1964 [ soli, chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Cantate concertante : Ein himmlisches Konzert nach alter und neuer Dichtung, no. 2, Matthias Hohner Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gert Kühr (b. 1952), "An die Musik" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Tom Lane , "An die Musik", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Rilke Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ramona Luengen (b. 1960), "Du Fremde: Musik", 2002 [ women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Giacomo Manzoni (b. 1932), "An die Musik", published 1989 [ soprano and flute ], Milano : Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
• by Myriam Lucia Marbe (1931 - 1997), "An die musik", published 1983 [ voice, flute and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vic Nees (b. 1936), "An die Musik", copyright © 2008 [ chorus ], Amstelveen : Bank, or: Antwerpen : Koor en Stem , 2008 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Matty Niël (1918 - 1989), "Musik", 1976, published 2001 [ voice, clarinet and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
• by Terry Winter Owens (1941 - 2007), "An die Musik", 1994 [ mixed chorus, piano and timpani ], from Rilke sings, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andrew Rindfleisch (b. 1963), "An die Musik", copyright © 2017 [ women's chorus ], from Klangfarben, no. 3, Manzo Music [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "An die Musik", 2003 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lorenz Schmidt (b. 1958 ), "Musik: Atem der Statuen. Vielleicht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andreas Schmidt-Kaminski (b. 1968), "An die Musik" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joep Willem Frederik Straesser (1934 - 2004), "An die Musik", 1991, from An die Musik, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Andrew Toovey (b. 1962), "An die Musik", subtitle: "Contemporary Voices (BMIC)", 1989 [ voice and vibraphone ], from Five Sets of Songs (1989 - 2007) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Elliot Weisgarber (1919 - 2001), "An die Musik", 1995 [ soprano and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Inger Wikström (b. 1939), "An die Musik", op. 18 no. 3 (1983), first performed 1983 [ soprano and piano ], Svensk Musik [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gerhard Wimberger (1923 - 2016), "Musik", 2012 [ baritone and instrumental ensemble ], from Rilkelieder , no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , "On Music", copyright © ; composed by Robert Benford Lepley.
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• Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) , "To Music" ; composed by Anne Charlotte Clarke.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Monique Gabus.
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• Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947) ; composed by Salvatore Sciarrino.
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