by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Initiale
Language: German (Deutsch)
Gieb mir deine Schönheit immer hin ohne Rechnen und Reden. Du schweigst. Sie sagt für dich: Ich bin. Und kommt in tausendfachem Sinn, kommt endlich über jeden.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) [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 Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970), "Initiale", first performed 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 4, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-03-25
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