by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Robert Bly (b. 1926)
And where is he, the clear one
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
And where he is, the clear one, whose tone rings to us? [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Das Stundenbuch, in 3. Das Buch von der Armut und dem Tode, no. 33
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Bradley A. Bombardier (1980 - 2019), "And where is he, the clear one", first performed 1988 [ high voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Four Rilke songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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