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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Nachtbild
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Auch auf der Theaterrampe
wird es stille nach und nach. —
Eine eitle Bogenlampe
schaut sich in ein Droschkendach.
Aufdem leeren Gangsteig zucken
Lichter. Sehn nicht dort am Haus
helle Dachmansardenlucken
wie verweinte Augen aus?

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leiozig : Insel-Verlag, 1923, p.40


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Nachtbild", appears in Erste 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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Nachtbild", 1926 [ medium voice ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2, auch auf der Theaterrampe / Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Roderich von Mojsisovics-Mojsvár (1877 - 1953), "Nachtbild" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Frühlingslieder, no. 3, Kistner & Siegel Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Christoph Wagner-Jesach , "Nachtbild", from Die Galgenbrüder wehn im Wind [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-28
Line count: 8
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