by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Cordelia Lynn
You'll drown, dear
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
the castle is [ ... ]
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Note from score: "Le texte de Cordelia Lynn, inspiré de la pièce de théâtre La princesse blanche de Rainer Maria Rilke".
Authorship:
- by Cordelia Lynn , copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die Weisse Fürstin", appears in Die Weisse Fürstin
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sivan Eldar (b. 1985), "You'll drown, dear", 2017 [ voice and electronics ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Renald Tremblay (b. 1943) , "La princesse blanche", written 1991, copyright © ; composed by Bruce Mather.
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