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Und das Lied bleibt schön

Cantata by Eglė Sausanavičiūtė (b. 1963)

Und das Lied bleibt schön

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mein Leben ist nicht diese steile Stunde,
darin du mich so eilen siehst.
Ich bin ein Baum vor meinem Hintergrunde,
ich bin nur einer meiner vielen Munde
und jener, welcher sich am frühsten schließt.

Ich bin die Ruhe zwischen zweien Tönen,
die sich nur schlecht aneinander gewöhnen:
denn der Ton Tod will sich erhöhn -

Aber im dunklen Intervall versöhnen
sich beide zitternd.
      Und das Lied bleibt schön.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Mein Leben ist", written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 20, first published 1905 [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):

Set by Eglė Sausanavičiūtė (b. 1963), 1996 [ soprano, mixed chorus, flute, organ and double bass ], placeholder
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 67
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