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[Der Waffenrock ist im Schlosse verbrannt, der Brief und das Rosenblatt einer fremden Frau. --]1 Im nächsten Frühjahr (es kam traurig und kalt) ritt ein Kurier [des Freiherrn von Pirovano]2 langsam in Langenau ein. Dort hat er eine alte Frau weinen [sehen]3.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Werke. Kommentiere Ausgabe in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel, Ulrich Fülleborn, Horst Nalewski, August Stahl, Band I Gedichte 1895 bis 1910, herausgegeben von Manfred Engel und Ulrich Fülleborn, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1996, page 152.
1 omitted by Reutter and Ullmann2 omitted by Reutter
3 Reutter: "gesehen"
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 27, first published 1906 [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 Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Der Waffenrock ist im Schlosse verbrannt", 1918/1919, from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Kornetts Christoph Rilke, no. 27 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Im nächsten Frühjahr", 1942 [ alto and chamber orchestra ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 23 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Der Waffenrock ist im Schlosse verbrannt", published 1912 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 28, Leipzig: Fr. Kistner & C.F.W. Siegel, 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Im nächsten Frühjahr", 1944 [ reciter and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, Zweiter Teil, no. 8, Mainz: Schott Music GmbH & Co., 1995 [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Epilog", op. 31 no. 6, published 1947 [ medium voice and piano ], from Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 6, Mainz: B. Schott’s Söhne, London: Schott & Co. Ltd.
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- ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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La tunique a brûlé dans le château, la lettre et le pétale d'une femme étrangère. - Au printemps suivant (il est arrivé triste et froid), un courrier du baron von Pirovano est entré lentement à Languenau. Là il a vu une vieille femme pleurer.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 27, first published 1906
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 43