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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Rilke Fragment
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sei es das Singen einer Lampe oder die
Stimme des Sturms, sei es das Atmen des
Abends oder das Stöhnen des Meeres, das
dich umgiebt – immer wacht hinter dir eine
breite Melodie, aus tausend Stimmen
gewoben, in der nur da und dort dein Solo Raum hat.
Zu wissen, wann Du einzufallen hast,
das ist Geheimnis deiner Einsamkeit:
wie es die Kunst des wahren Verkehres ist:
aus den hohen worten sich fallen lassen in
die eine gemeinsame Melodie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Notizen zur Melodie der Dinge, no. 16 [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 Yann Robin (b. 1974), "Rilke Fragment", 2009, published 2010 [ chorus ], Paris : Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-19
Line count: 11
Word count: 78

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