Though the world keeps changing its form [ ... ]
Sonnets to Orpheus (Book I)
Song Cycle by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)
1. Prologue
Subtitle: Sonnet XIX
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 19
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Dance the Orange
Subtitle: Sonnet XV
Language: English
Wait..., that tastes good.... But already it's gone [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 15
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.3. Elegy
Subtitle: Sonnet IX
Language: German (Deutsch)
Only he whose bright lyre [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 9
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Tarantella
Subtitle: Sonnet XXII
Language: English
We are the driving ones [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 22
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Language: English
Only in the realm of Praising, should Lament [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 8
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Subtitle: Sonnet XXIX
Language: English
Silent friend of many distances, feel [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 29
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