by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Quel calme nocturne, quel calme
Language: French (Français)
Quel calme nocturne, quel calme nous pénètre du ciel. On dirait qu'il refait dans la palme de vos mains le dessin essentiel. La petite cascade chante pour cacher sa nymphe émue ... On sent la présence absente que l'espace a bue.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, When I Go Selected French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Cascade Books, 2017, p.78
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 16 [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 Jean Hans August Daetwyler (1907 - 1994), "Calme" [ voice and piano ], from 5 Chansons, no. 1, Editions Marc Reift [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cyrill Schürch (b. 1974), "Quel calme nocturne", first performed 2012 [ mixed chorus ], from Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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