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Trilogy

Song Cycle by Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. (1908 - 2012)

2. Inner Song  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
[ ... ]

Aber noch ist uns das Dasein verzaubert; an hundert
Stellen ist es noch Ursprung. Ein Spielen von reinen
Kräften, die keiner berührt, der nicht kniet und bewundert.

Worte gehen noch zart am Unsäglichen aus ...
Und die Musik, immer neu, aus den bebendsten Steinen,
baut im unbrauchbaren Raum ihr vergöttlichtes Haus.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 10

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 125
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