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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Nennt ihr das Seele, was so zage zirpt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nennt ihr das Seele, was so zage zirpt
in euch? Was, wie der Klang der Narrenschellen,
um Beifall bettelt und um Würde wirbt,
und endlich arm ein armes Sterben stirbt
im Weihrauchabend gotischer Kapellen, —
nennt ihr das Seele?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Damit ich glücklich wäre —", appears in Advent, in Damit ich glücklich wäre — [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 Will Eisenmann (1906 - 1992), "Nennt ihr das Seele", op. 39 no. 7 (1945) [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge im Zwielicht, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Reinhold Ruiss , "Nennt ihr das Seele?" [ tenor and piano ], from Rilke Lieder, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter Willig (b. 1935), "Nennt ihr das Seele" [ baritone and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-08
Line count: 6
Word count: 39

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