by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Alle Mädchen erwarten wen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Alle Mädchen erwarten wen, wenn die Bäume in Blüten stehn; wir müssen immer näh'n und näh'n, bis uns die Augen brennen. Unser Singen wird nimmer froh, fürchten uns vor dem Frühling so: finden wir einmal ihn irgendwo, wird er uns nicht mehr erkennen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Gaben. An verschiedene Freunde [author's text not yet checked 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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Die Näherin", 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 35 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Ebert (1889 - 1952), "Die Madchen singen", op. 17 no. 3, published 1918 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Frühling. Vier Frauenduette (Sopran und Alt) mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner Richard Heymann (1896 - 1961), "Die Mädchen singen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) (1917) [ voice and piano ], Edition Weinberger No 96.; Leipzig : Josef Weinberger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "The Seamstress", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Jean-Pierre Granger) , "La couturière", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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