by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Bei St. Heinrich
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Hart am Kirchenaltargitter, wo die Ampel flammt, die matte, schläft ein alter, alter Ritter unter grauer Wappenplatte. Lebend hielt er hoch sein Wappen, sorgte immer für sein Blinken; – weiß er, daß mit schmutzgen Schlappen alte Weiber drüber hinken?
Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Sämtliche Werke, Band I, Frankfurt am Main : Insel-Verlag, 1955, p.67
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Bei St. Heinrich", appears in Erste Gedichte, in Larenopfer [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Bei St. Heinrich", 1928 [ medium voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 9, Wien IX, Türkensir. 9, Edit. Vienna / Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fabrice Bollon (b. 1965), "Bei St. Heinrich", 2014 [ soprano and organ ], from Sechs zarte Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Simbriger (1903 - 1976), "Bei St. Heinrich", op. 134 no. 5 (1975) [ voice and piano ], from Aus Böhmen. Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke aus dem Laren-Opfer, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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