by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
C'est de la côte d'Adam
Language: French (Français)
C'est de la côte d'Adam Qu'on a retiré Eve ; Mais quand sa vie s'achève, Où va-t-elle, mourant ? Adam serait-il son tombeau ? Faut-il lorsqu'elle se lasse, Lui ménager une place Dans un homme bien clos ?
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924/5, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, in 44. Printemps, no. 7 [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 Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "C'est de la côte d'Adam ", published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "C'est de la côte d'Adam", op. 65 (Neuf mélodies) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Laura Trinidad (b. 1957), "Printemps", published 2004 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vocales 2000, hommage à Nicola Vaccaj, no. 25, Éd. LV productions [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-16
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