by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Il suffit que, sur un balcon
Language: French (Français)
Il suffit que, sur un balcon ou dans l'encadrement d'une fenêtre, une femme hésite … pour être celle que nous perdons en l'ayant vue apparaître. Et si elle lève les bras pour nouer ses cheveux, tendre vase : combien notre perte par là gagne soudain d'emphase et notre malheur d'éclat !
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Poèmes français. Vergers. Les Roses. Les Fenêtres. Carnet de Poche. Poèmes épars, Paris: Paul Hartmann, ed., 1935, page 99.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 4. Les Fenêtres, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Andrea Clearfield (b. 1960), "Il suffit", first performed 2011 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus, chamber orchestra ], from Les fenêtres, no. 1, Self-published, Angelfire Press [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julien Joubert (b. 1973), "Il suffit que sur un balcon" [ speaker, mixed chorus and piano ], from La Librairie de Monsieur Jean [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gérard Zinsstag (b. 1941), "Il suffit que, sur un balcon", 2015 [ mezzo-soprano, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello ], from Rilke-lieder, no. 4, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
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