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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Horch, der Schritt der Nacht erstirbt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Horch, der Schritt der Nacht erstirbt
in der weiten Stille;
meine Schreibtischlampe zirpt
leis wie eine Grille.

Goldig auf dem Bücherstand
glühn der Bände Rücken:
zu der Fahrt ins Feenland
Pfeiler für die Brücken.

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Erste Gedichte, Liepzig : Insel-Verlag, 1913


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Erste Gedichte, in Larenopfer, in Vigilien, no. 3 [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 Willy Kehrer (1902 - 1976), "Ausklang", op. 28 no. 23 (1922), first performed 1938 [ soprano and mezzo-soprano (ad libitum) and piano ], from Eine Rainer-Maria-Rilke-Stunde, no. 23, Thüringen : Willy-Kehrer-Archiv Schmölln [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2023-12-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

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