by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
O wie ist alles fern
Language: German (Deutsch)
O wie ist alles fern und lange vergangen. Ich glaube, der Stern, von welchem ich Glanz empfange, ist seit Jahrtausenden tot. Ich glaube, im Boot, das vorüberfuhr, hörte ich etwas Banges sagen. Im Hause hat eine Uhr geschlagen... In welchem Haus?... Ich möchte aus meinem Herzen hinaus unter den großen Himmel treten. Ich möchte beten. Und einer von allen Sternen müßte wirklich noch sein. Ich glaube, ich wüßte, welcher allein gedauert hat, - welcher wie eine weiße Stadt am Ende des Strahls in den Himmeln steht...
G. Gordon sets lines 12-21
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Das Buch der Bilder [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 Steven Ebel , "Klage" [ narrator, tenor, and piano ], from Diary of a Young Poet (Tagebuch eines jungen Dichters), no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Geoffrey Gordon (b. 1968), "Stadt", published 2018, lines 12-21 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass ], from Fluss Land Stadt, no. 3, [United States] : SpencerSongs Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Klage", copyright © 2012 [ soprano, viola d'amore, viola, and cello ], from Songs of Loss and Remembrance, no. 1, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Haass (1897 - 1955), "Klage", copyright © 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2, Köln : H. Gerig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ross Harris (b. 1945), "Klage I", subtitle: "Lament I", 2000, copyright © 2022 [ soprano, clarinet and harp ], from Three Rilke Songs, no. 1, Waiteata Music Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Andrew Gill Hough, Sir (b. 1961), "Klage", 2010 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Hudson , "Klage" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ton Lambij (1954 - 2002), "Klage", 1995, published 1997, copyright © 1997 [ chorus and instrumental ensemble ], from Buch der Stimmen, no. 2, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ulf Långbacka (b. 1957), "Klage", 2018, first performed 2019 [ mezzo-soprano, women's chorus ], Music Finland [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruce Mather (b. 1939), "Klage", 1960 [ tenor and guitar ], from Cycle Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dylan Newcomb , "Klage" [ counter-tenor and 2 viola da gambas ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard D. Russell (b. 1968), "Klage", 2007 [ soprano, violin, piano ], from Two Rilke songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Schmid (1907 - 2000), "Klage" [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Suite. Nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael J. Schumacher , "Klage", 1982? [ bass and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Staempfli (1908 - 2002), "Klage" [ alto and piano ], Stämpli Nachlaß in der Zentralbibliothek Zürich [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Lament", copyright © ; composed by John Beall, Richard Burchard.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Terry Winter Owens.
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