by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Kalter Herbst vermag den Tag zu knebeln
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Kalter Herbst vermag den Tag zu knebeln, seine tausend Jubelstimmen schweigen; hoch vom Domturm wimmern gar so eigen Sterbeglocken in Novembernebeln. Auf den nassen Dächern liegt verschlafen weißes Dunstlicht; und mit kalten Händen greift der Sturm in des Kamines Wänden eines Totenkarmens Schlußoktaven.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke, Band I, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1955, p.17
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Der Novembertag", appears in Erste Gedichte, in Larenopfer [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 Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Novembertag", op. 128 no. 11 [ voice and piano ], from Monate im Lied, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Kalter Herbst", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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