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Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei. Rufe: Cornet! Rasende Pferde, Gebete, Geschrei, Flüche: Cornet! Eisen an Eisen, Befehl und Signal; Stille: Cornet! Und noch einmal: Cornet! Und heraus mit der brausenden Reiterei. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke. Kommentiere Ausgabe in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel, Ulrich Fülleborn, Horst Nalewski, August Stahl, Band I Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 151.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 24, first published 1906 [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 Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei", 1918/1919, from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Kornetts Christoph Rilke, no. 24 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei", 1942 [ alto and chamber orchestra ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei", published 1912 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 25, Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei", 1944 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, Zweiter Teil, no. 6, Mainz: Schott Music GmbH & Co., 1995 [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Ist das der Morgen? Welche Sonne geht auf?", op. 31 no. 5, published 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 5, Mainz: B. Schott’s Söhne, London: Schott & Co. Ltd.
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter (1894 - 1985) , no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 24, copyright © ; composed by Lisa Bielawa.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Margaret Dows Herter Norton Crena de Iongh, née Herter) , no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 24, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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But the flag is not present. Calls: Cornet! Racing horses, prayers, yelling, curses: Cornet! Iron on iron, order and signal; Quiet: Cornet! And once again: Cornet! And exits the surging cavalry. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- But the flag is not present.
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Translation of title "Aber die Fahne ist nicht dabei" = "But the flag is not present"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 24, first published 1906
This text was added to the website: 2006-04-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 37