by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Am Berge weiß ich trutzen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Am Berge weiß ich trutzen ein Kirchlein mit rostigem Knauf, wie Mönche in grauen Kapuzen steigen Zypressen hinauf. Vergessene Heilige wohnen dort einsam im Altar schrein. Der Abend reicht ihnen Kronen durch hohle Fenster hinein.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1918, under the title "Casablanca"; the title "Casabianca" occurs in other editions.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), title 1: "Casablanca", title 2: "Casabianca", appears in Advent, in Fahrten, no. 4 [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 Franz Mittler (1893 - 1970), "Casabianca" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Niedermann (1881 - 1957), "Casabianca : am Berge weiß ich trutzen ein Kirchlein", 1951, published 1951 [ mixed chorus ], Zürich : Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Prohaska (1869 - 1927), "Casabianca" [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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