by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation by Anthony Evan Hecht (1923 - 2004)

Fable of death, or In praise of death
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Lukas Foss (b. 1922), "Fable of death, or In praise of death", published 1952, copyright © 1953 [ narrator, chorus, tenor and orchestra ], New York [etc.] : Fischer

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