by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Du müde, morsche Mühle
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du müde, morsche Mühle, dein Moosrad feiert Ruh, – aus der Olivenkühle schaut dir der Abend zu. Der Bach singt wie verloren Menschenlieder nach. tiefer über die Ohren ziehst du dein trutziges Dach.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1913
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "I mulini", appears in Advent, in Fahrten, no. 6 [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), "Die Mühle", 1925 [ soprano and piano ], from Rilke Lieder, no. 16, Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Mittler (1893 - 1970), "Die Mühle", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 (1911), copyright © 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, no. 6, Vienna : Universal Edition; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Reichel (1877 - 1945), "Die Mühle" [ voice and piano ], from 3 Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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