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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Venedig
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Fremdes Rufen. Und wir wählen
Eine Gondel, schwarz und schlank:
Leises Gleiten an den Pfählen
Einer Marmorstadt entlang.

Still. Die Schiffer nur erzählen
Sich. Die Ruder rauschen sacht,
Und aus Kirchen und Kanälen
Winkt uns eine fremde Nacht.

Und der schwarze Pfad wird leiser,
Fernes Ave weht die Luft, –
Traun: Ich bin ein toter Kaiser
Und sie lenken mich zur Gruft.

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Advent, Leipzig : P. Friesenhahn, 1898, p.35


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Venedig", written 1897, appears in Advent, in Fahrten, no. 1 [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 Albrecht Gürsching (1934 - 2017), "Venedig", subtitle: " " [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Norbert von Hannenheim (1898 - 1943), "Venedig" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Kurt Pahlen (1907 - 2003), "Venedig", 1926-1928 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder von Rilke, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Venedig", op. 23 (Drei Rilke Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Würz (1885 - 1965), "Venedig" [sung text not yet checked]

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Line count: 12
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