by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Schwerkraft
Language: German (Deutsch)
Mitte, wie du aus allen dich ziehst, auch noch aus Fliegenden dich wiedergewinnst, Mitte, du Stärkste. Stehender: wie ein Trank den Durst durchstürzt ihn die Schwerkraft. Doch aus dem Schlafenden fällt, wie aus lagernder Wolke, reichlicher Regen der Schwere.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Schwerkraft" [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 Nathaniel Basa , "Schwerkraft", 2013 [ bass-baritone, string orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Holmer Becker (b. 1955), "Schwerkraft", published 2002 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrea Csollány (b. 1964), "Mitte, wie du aus allen", 1995 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Spencer , "Schwerkraft", 2020 [ baritone voice and bass clarinet ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , copyright © ; composed by Oliver Knussen, CBE.
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-13
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