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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Eine der weißen Vestageweihten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Eine der weißen Vestageweihten
lächelte Gnade dem Todbereiten,
löste ihm von der Stirn die Schmach.

Dann sehnte sie wie eine Sklavin dem Schreiten
des todbefreiten, Schulter breiten
Epheben nach.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1913


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Gaben. An verschiedene Freunde, no. 18 [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 Will Eisenmann (1906 - 1992), "Eine der weissen Vestageweihten", op. 39 no. 6 (1945) [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge im Zwielicht, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Eine der Vestageweihten", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 23, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Die Vestalin", op. 389 no. 5 (1938), from Frauen -- 5 Melodramen nach Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2023-09-22
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