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Der Abend ist mein Buch. Ihm prangen die Deckel purpurn in Damast; ich löse seine goldnen Spangen mit kühlen Händen, ohne Hast. Und lese seine erste Seite, beglückt durch den vertrauten Ton, - und lese leiser seine zweite, und seine dritte träum ich schon.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Der Abend ist mein Buch", written 1897, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria [author's text not yet checked 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 Peter Benary (1931 - 2015), "Der Abend ist mein Buch" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Cercós , "Der Abend ist mein Buch", published 2004 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder sobre R.M.Rilke, no. 5, Tritó [sung text not yet checked]
- by José Luis de Delás (1928 - 2018), "Der Abend ist mein Buch", 1947 [ soprano and piano ], from Dos lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "Der Abend ist mein Buch", 1961, published 1966 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 5, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Der Abend ist mein Buch" [ voice and piano ], from 16 Lieder und Balladen vom Leben und Vergehen, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Adagio", op. 31 no. 2 (1928), published 1928, first performed 1928 [ vocal trio for female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von R. M. Rilke, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Huber (1924 - 2017), "Der Abend ist mein Buch", 1955 [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954), "Der Abend ist mein Buch" [ voice and piano ], from Acht Gesänge nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Nessler , "Der Abend ist mein Buch", 1936 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Toch (1887 - 1964), "Der Abend", op. 41 no. 1, published 1928 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stefan Wolpe (1902 - 1972), "Der Abend ist mein Buch", 1920 [ tenor and piano ], from Früheste Lieder [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba), a translation by Leonas Petravičius (1940 - 2014) , copyright © ; composed by Algirdas Klova.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "The evening is my book", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le soir", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "E', la sera, il mio libro", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
The evening is my book. Its lining displays the crimson damask's flush; I open buckles, golden shining, with fingers cool, without a rush. And read the first one of its pages, with joys that so familiar seem - the second, then, of gentler ages, the third one I already dream...
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Walter A. Aue, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Der Abend ist mein Buch", written 1897, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier, in Gebete der Mädchen zu Maria
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 49