by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Gong
Language: German (Deutsch)
Nicht mehr für Ohren... Klang, der, wie ein tieferes Ohr, uns, scheinbar Hörende, hört. Umkehr der Räume. Entwurf innerer Welten im Frein..., Tempel vor ihrer Geburt, Lösung, gesättigt mit schwer löslichen Göttern... Gong! Summe des Schweigenden, das sich zu sich selber bekennt, brausende Einkehr in sich dessen, das an sich verstummt, Dauer, aus Ablauf gepreßt, um-gegossener Stern... Gong! Du, die man niemals vergißt, die sich gebar im Verlust, nichtmehr begriffenes Fest, Wein an unsichtbarem Mund, Sturm in der Säule, die trägt, Wanderers Sturz in den Weg, unser, an Alles, Verrat... Gong!
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Gong", written 1925 [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 Ladislav Kubík (b. 1946), "Gong", 2016 [ alto and orchestra or mezzo-soprano and flute, piano and electronics ], from symphony Sinfonietta No. 3 - "Gong", no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Rindfleisch (b. 1963), "Gong", copyright © 2017 [ women's chorus ], from Klangfarben, no. 1, Manzo Music [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , "Gong", copyright © ; composed by Oliver Knussen, CBE.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Yves Masson , copyright © 1999 by Les Éditions Verdier [an adaptation] ; composed by Henri Dutilleux.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Yves Masson , after the second stanza, copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Henri Dutilleux.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-11
Line count: 21
Word count: 91
Gong
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
No longer for ears...: sound [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), "Gong", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Gong", written 1925
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Oliver Knussen, CBE (1952 - 2018), "Gong", 1988, published 1989, first performed 1989 [ soprano ], from Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke , no. 5, London : Faber music [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Yves Masson , copyright © 1999 by Les Éditions Verdier [an adaptation] ; composed by Henri Dutilleux.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Yves Masson , after the second stanza, copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Henri Dutilleux.
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-26
Line count: 22
Word count: 103