by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Sappho an Eranna
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Unruh will ich über dich bringen, schwingen will ich dich, umrankter Stab. Wie das Sterben will ich dich durchdringen und dich weitergeben wie das Grab an das Alles: allen diesen Dingen.
Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Neue Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1907, p.5
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Sappho an Eranna", appears in Neue Gedichte [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 Hermann Schröder (1904 - 1984), "Sappho an Eranna", 1969, copyright © 1972 [ chorus ], from Rilke-Zyklus, no. 2, Heidelberg : Willy Müller / Süddeutscher Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
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