Gott spricht zu jedem nur eh er ihn macht, dann geht er schweigend mit ihm aus der Nacht. Aber die Worte, eh jeder beginnt, diese wolkigen Worte, sind: Von deinen Sinnen hinausgesandt geh bis an deiner Sehnsucht Rand; gieb mir Gewand. Hinter den Dingen wachse als Brand, dass ihre Schatten, ausgespannt, immer mich ganz bedecken. Lass dir Alles geschehn: Schönheit und Schrecken. Man muss nur gehn: Kein Gefühl ist das fernste. Lass dich von mir nicht trennen. Nah ist das Land, das sie das Leben nennen. Du wirst es erkennen an seinem Ernste. Gieb mir die Hand.
G. Gordon sets stanzas 3-4
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 59 [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 Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Gott spricht zu jedem nur" [ voice and piano ], from Lieder an Gott nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Geoffrey Gordon (b. 1968), "Land", published 2018, stanzas 3-4 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass ], from Fluss Land Stadt, no. 2, [United States] : SpencerSongs Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Barbara Kolberg (b. 1971), "Von deinen Sinnen hinausgesandt", copyright © 2021 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Sololieder, no. 6, München : Strube Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "Gott spricht", 1990 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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God speaks to each of us as he makes us [ ... ]
S. Andrews sets stanza 5-
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Text Authorship:
- by Anita Barrows , no title, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Joanna Macy , no title, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 1. Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben , no. 59
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stephanie K. Andrews , "Let Everything Happen", stanza 5- [ women's chorus, violoncello, harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Craig Brandwein (b. 1959), "God speaks to us" [ voice and piano ], from Three Rilke Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), "God Speaks to Each of Us", copyright © 2001, first performed 1999 [ mixed chorus and organ ], E.C. Schirmer Music Company [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , copyright © ; composed by Michael Alec Rose.
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