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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation by Harold Smith

Liebeslied
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
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Text Authorship:

  • by Harold Smith

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Liebeslied", appears in Neue Gedichte, first published 1892
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Liebeslied", op. 239 (1949) [ voice and piano ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Jessie Lemont , copyright © ; composed by Leonard Bernstein.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter (1894 - 1985) , "Lovesong", appears in Translations from the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, first published 1938, copyright © 1966 ; composed by Libby Larsen.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Dana Gioia (b. 1950) , "The song", appears in The Gods of Winter, first published 1991, copyright © ; composed by Alva Henderson, Lori Laitman, Paul Salerni.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Reena Esmail.
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