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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967)

The merry‑go‑round
 (Sung text for setting by L. Larsen)
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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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