by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967)
The merry‑go‑round Matches base text
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Under the roof and the roof's shadow turns [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "The merry-go-round", published c2011, copyright © 2008 [ soprano, flute, guitar and harp ], from Selected poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1, Minneapolis, MN : Kenwood Editions ; Libby Larsen Publishing
Text Authorship:
- by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967), copyright © [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Das Karussell", subtitle: "Jardin du Luxembourg", appears in Neue Gedichte, first published 1892
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