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The Angle of Repose

Set by Annea Lockwood , "The Angle of Repose", 1991 [ baritone, alto flute, khaen ] [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.


Sometimes I go about in pity for myself
and all the while
A great wind is bearing me across the sky.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Ojibwa Indian text quoted by Peter Matthiessen in Nine-Headed Dragon River


Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]



There are here, amidst this realm of fields, strips of dark ploughed land. 
They are empty and yet they lie here as though the bright stalks round 
about them were there for their sakes, rows of fencing for their 
protection. I asked what these dark acres were about. They told me:
“c’est de la terre en repos.” So lovely, you see, can rest be and thus it 
looks alongside work. Not disquieting, but gathering up a deep trust 
and the feeling of a rich time.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title
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a letter written in 1904 by Rainer Maria Rilke to his wife, the sculptor Clara Westhoff, while on holiday in Denmark
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