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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Der Bach hat leise Melodien
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Bach hat leise Melodien,
und fern ist Staub und Stadt.
die Wipfel winken her und hin
und machen mich sо matt.

Der Wald ist wild, die Welt ist weit,
mein Herz ist hell und groß.
es hält die blasse Einsamkeit
mein Haupt in ihrem Schoß.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1918


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent, in Gaben. An verschiedene Freunde, no. 3 [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 Viggo Brodersen (1879 - 1965), "Der Bach", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 1, copyright © 1925 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Steingräber [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Haas (1886 - 1960), "Der Bach hat leise Melodien", c1919-c1944 [ voice and piano ], from 25 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philipp Mohler (1908 - 1982), "Der Bach hat leise Melodien" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Perle (1915 - 2009), "Der Bach hat leise Melodien", 1941, from Two Rilke Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Seymour J. Shifrin (b. 1926), "Der Bach hat leise Melodien", 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from Early poems, Register to The Seymour Shifrin Papers [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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