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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Es ist lang, ‑‑ es ist lang
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es ist lang, -- es ist lang ...
wann -- weiß ich gar [nimmer]1 zu sagen ...
eine Glocke klang, eine Lerche sang --
und ein Herz hat so selig geschlagen.
Der Himmel so blank überm Jungwaldhang,

der Flieder hat Blüten getragen, --
und im Sonntagskleide ein Mädchen, schlank,
das Auge voll staunender Fragen ...
Es ist lang, -- es ist lang ...

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Badings 

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1 Badings: "nicht"

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Lieben, no. 22 [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 Hans Altmann (1904 - 1961), "Es ist lang...", op. 21 (Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henk Badings (1907 - 1987), "Es ist lang", 1932, published 1948 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Raoul Koczalski (1884 - 1948), "Es ist lang", op. 99 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from Von der Liebe, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Kühmstedt (1908 - 1996), "Es ist lang...", published 1950 [ low voice and harp ], from 4 Harfenlieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Es ist lang", op. 287 (1934) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edvard Moritz (1891 - 1974), "Es ist lang", op. 18 no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Vier ernste Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Kurt Pahlen (1907 - 2003), "Es ist lang", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rilke, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adrian Pop (b. 1951), "Es ist lang ..." [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Liebeslieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yasunori Sago , "第3楽章", 2009 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Symphony No.10, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Es ist lang", 1935 [ voice and guitar ], from Goldluft und blaue Berge [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-06
Line count: 9
Word count: 55

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