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by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by P. Klenau)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mir ist, als schritte ich auf einer Brücke
rückwärts hinüber und den Blick versenkt
in alles, was die Erde mir geschenkt,
und suchte Eine, die noch darf verweilen.
Reich mir die Hand, o Tod, und laß uns eilen ;
und leite vorwärts mich, so lang ich rückwärts blicke.

Composition:

    Set to music by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), no title, published 1916 [ alto and orchestra ], from Gespräche mit dem Tod, no. 5, Vienna : Universal Edition

Text Authorship:

  • by Rudolf Georg Binding (1867 - 1938), no title, written 1909, appears in Gespräche mit dem Tod, no. 5

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