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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani
O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod
Language: German (Deutsch)
O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod. Das Sterben, das aus jenem Leben geht, darin er Liebe hatte, Sinn und Not.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Stunden-Buch, Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, 1908, p.86
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1903, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 3. Das Buch von der Armut und dem Tode, no. 6 [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 Erich Apostel (1901 - 1972), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", 1938 [ mixed chorus and orchestra ], Wien : Universal Edistion [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Böttcher (1889 - 1963), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", copyright © 1929 [ men's chorus, percussion ], Leipzig ; Zürich : Gebrüder Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Coenen (1908 - 1995), "O Herr, gib jeden seinen eigenen Tod", Astoria Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos Ehrensperger (1911 - 2001), "Der Grosse Tod", 1965 [ baritone, string quintet, celesta, timpani, drums ], from Der grosse Tod Liedfolge nach Dichtungen aus drei Jahrtausenden, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henrik Wilhelm Gade (b. 1953), "Das Sterben, das aus jenem Leben geht", published 1985 [ voice, flute and piano ], Brønshøj : Nordisc Music & Text [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Joseph Hartl (b. 1953), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", op. 21 no. 3 (1997) [ mixed chorus ], from 3 Motetten aus dem Stundenbuch von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", op. 43 no. 2 (1927) [ chorus ], from Lieder für Singkreise, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Caspar Hochstetter (1899 - 1978), "O Herr gib", 1970 [ voice ], from Von den Städten, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter (1936 - 2003), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", 1963, copyright © 1966 [ soprano, flute, viola and violoncello ], from In memoriam, no. 4, Wien [etc.] : Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Lissmann (1902 - 1983), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", published 1952 [ men's chorus and brass band or organ or orchestra ], from Vom Menschen : der Mensch lebt und bestehet , no. 2, Rodenkirchen/Köln : Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri-Louis Matter (b. 1946), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", subtitle: "Requiem aeternam", copyright © 2017 [ medium voice and string quintet or orchestra ], from Requiem Gesänge, no. 1, Lausanne : Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Pepping (1901 - 1981), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", copyright © 1930 [ chorus ], from Ernste Lieder und Gesänge, no. 6, Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Pepping (1901 - 1981), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", published 1930 [ mixed chorus ], from Sprüche und Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, Rilke und Eichendorff für drei- bis fünfstimmigen gemischten Chor, no. 2, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Axel Ruoff (b. 1957), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod" [ medium voice and organ ], from In Hora Mortis, no. 3, Strube Verlag GmbH [sung text not yet checked]
- by León Schidlowsky (b. 1931), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", 1952, first performed 1957 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder vom Tode, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "O Herr, gib jeden seinen eigenen Tod" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske (1916 - 1969), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eigenen Tod ...", op. 25 no. 3 (1945), published 1988?, copyright © 1948 [ chorus ], from oratorio Vom Tode, no. 3, Wien : Universal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rüdiger Seitz (1927 - 1991), "O Herr, gieb jedem seinen eignen Tod", copyright © 1997 [ voice and piano ], from Mein Leben ist nicht diese steile Stunde, no. 5, Innsbruck : Ed. Triol [sung text not yet checked]
- by François Serrette (1927 - 1999), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", 1956 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Soler i Sardà (1935 - 2022), "O Herr, gib jedem", 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Das Stunden-Buch, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oliver Steller (b. 1967), "O Herr, gib jedem seinen eignen Tod", 2006 [ narrator, saxophone and double bass ], from Zwischen den Sternen. Gedichte. Briefe. Leben. , no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mindaugas Urbaitis (b. 1952 ), "O Herr...", 1998 [ mezzo-soprano, trombone, vibraphone, percussion, 2 violins, viola, violoncello and double bass ], from Schlußstück, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kay Westermann (b. 1958), "O Herr, gieb jedem seinen eignen Tod", 2008 [ mixed chorus ], from Der Engel der letzten Stunde [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Tilo Medek (1940 - 2006), "Die Städte aber wollen nur das Ihre", 1980, copyright © 1982 [ soprano, chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Gethsemane, no. 12, Unkel am Rhein : Medek
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Oh Lord, award to each his fitting death", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "O Lord", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Concedi a ognuno, o Dio, la sua propria morte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-02-25
Line count: 3
Word count: 21
Concedi a ognuno, o Dio, la sua propria morte
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)
Concedi a ognuno, o Dio, la sua propria morte. E quel morire, che da ogni vita sboccia, che con sé reca Amore, e Significato, e Angoscia.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1903, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 3. Das Buch von der Armut und dem Tode, no. 6
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-23
Line count: 3
Word count: 26