That is the longing: to dwell amidst the waves [ ... ]
Triumphs and Laments
Song Cycle by Philip Miller (b. 1964) and Thuthuka Sibisi
[No title]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Howard Eiland (b. 1948), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Kevin McLaughlin (b. 1959), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Motto", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier
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 Philip Miller (b. 1964) and by Thuthuka Sibisi , 2017This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.
Rainer Maria Rilke, epigraph to Die fruhen Gedichte cited in Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project, trans. Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin (Cambridge, Mass. and London: Belknap Press, 1999) p. 551
Total word count: 15