by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Nun wachen wir mit den Erinnerungen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nun wachen wir mit den Erinnerungen und halten das Gesicht an das, was war; flüsternde Süße, die uns einst durchdrungen, sitzt schweigend neben mit gelöstem Haar.
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Confirmed with rainer-maria-rilke.de : Gedichte 1906 bis 1926. (Sammlung der verstreuten und nachgelassenen Gedichte aus den mittleren und späten Jahren.)
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1913 [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 Peter Child (b. 1953), "Nun wachen wir" [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Rilke songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicholas Deyoe (b. 1981), "Nun wachen wir mit den Erinnerungen", 2017 [ soprano and piano ], from Kennen schon nicht mehr, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Nun wachen wir", copyright © 2012 [ soprano, viola d'amore, viola, and cello ], from Songs of Loss and Remembrance, no. 3, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-04
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