by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Jean-Yves Masson (b. 1962)
Gong (2)
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Bourdonnement épars, silence perverti [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Jean-Yves Masson (b. 1962), after the second stanza, copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Gong", written 1925
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henri Dutilleux (1916 - 2013), "Gong (2)", 2003 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Correspondances, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , "Gong", copyright © ; composed by Oliver Knussen, CBE.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Yves Masson (b. 1962) , copyright © 1999 by Les Éditions Verdier [an adaptation] ; composed by Henri Dutilleux.
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