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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Zu unterst der Alte
 (Sung text for setting by S. Grill)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Zu unterst der Alte, verworrn,
all der Erbauten
Wurzel, verborgener Born,
den sie nie schauten.

Sturmhelm und Jägerhorn,
Spruch von Ergrauten,
Männer im Bruderzorn,
Frauen wie Lauten...

Drängender Zweig an Zweig,
nirgends ein freier....
Einer! O steig... o steig...

Aber sie brechen noch.
Dieser erst oben doch
biegt sich zur Leier.

Composition:

    Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Zu unterst der Alte", copyright © 2012 [ tenor and piano ], from Sonnets to Orpheus, no. 17, confirmed with an online score

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 17

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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 51

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