Musik: Atem der Statuen. Vielleicht: Stille der Bilder. Du Sprache wo Sprachen enden. Du Zeit die senkrecht steht auf der Richtung vergehender Herzen. Gefühle zu wem? O du der Gefühle Wandlung in was? -- in hörbare Landschaft. Du Fremde: Musik. Du uns entwachsener Herzraum. Innigstes unser, das, uns übersteigend, hinausdrängt, -- heiliger Abschied: da uns das Innre umsteht als geübteste Ferne, als andre Seite der Luft: rein, riesig nicht mehr bewohnbar.
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "An die Musik" [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 Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "An die Musik", published 1997? [ soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, harp, violins, viola violoncello and double bass ], London : Universal [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Cercós , "An die Musik", published 2004 [ soprano, tenor, piano ], Tritó [sung text not yet checked]
- by Omar Daniel , "Prologue, Entr'act and Postlude", 2012 [ soprano and electronics ], note: Daniel Omar in an interview with Soundstreams: Prelude has a secret component to it that will be revealed when patrons enter the lobby area, followed by a setting of R.M. Rilke’s 'An die Musik' for soprano and live electronics. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Omar Daniel , "An die Musik", 2012 [ soprano, unaccompanied ], from Songbook volume 1 , no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Iván Eröd (1936 - 2019), "An die Musik", 1989, published 1989, first performed 1989 [ baritone, oboe and orchestra ], from cantata Vox Lucis, no. 6, Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harald Feller (b. 1951), "Musik" [ chorus ], from 3 Chöre nach Texten von Rilke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrée Greenwell , "An die Musik", 1918/2021 [ mixed chorus or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Haas (1886 - 1960), "Musik" [ voice, flute and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Haass (1897 - 1955), "Musik", copyright © 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 1, Köln : H. Gerig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Musik: Atem der Statuen", 2013, published 2016 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], In:Daron Hagen, 38 songs and arias, New York : Burning Sled [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jason Haney (b. 1969), "An die Musik", published 2002 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ], In: SCI journal of music scores, v. 32, Published for the Society of Composers, Inc. by European American Music Distributors Corporation, New York, NY  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Herrmann (1896 - 1967), "Hymne an die Musik", subtitle: "Ein himmlisches Konzert nach alter und neuer Dichtung", 1964 [ soli, chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Cantate concertante : Ein himmlisches Konzert nach alter und neuer Dichtung, no. 2, Matthias Hohner Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gert Kühr (b. 1952), "An die Musik" [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tom Lane , "An die Musik", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Rilke Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ramona Luengen (b. 1960), "Du Fremde: Musik", 2002 [ women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giacomo Manzoni (b. 1932), "An die Musik", published 1989 [ soprano and flute ], Milano : Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Myriam Lucia Marbe (1931 - 1997), "An die musik", published 1983 [ voice, flute and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vic Nees (b. 1936), "An die Musik", copyright © 2008 [ chorus ], Amstelveen : Bank, or: Antwerpen : Koor en Stem , 2008 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matty Niël (1918 - 1989), "Musik", 1976, published 2001 [ voice, clarinet and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Terry Winter Owens (1941 - 2007), "An die Musik", 1994 [ mixed chorus, piano and timpani ], from Rilke sings, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Rindfleisch (b. 1963), "An die Musik", copyright © 2017 [ women's chorus ], from Klangfarben, no. 3, Manzo Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Rütti (b. 1949), "An die Musik", 2003 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lorenz Schmidt (b. 1958 ), "Musik: Atem der Statuen. Vielleicht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andreas Schmidt-Kaminski (b. 1968), "An die Musik" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joep Willem Frederik Straesser (1934 - 2004), "An die Musik", 1991, from An die Musik, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Toovey (b. 1962), "An die Musik", subtitle: "Contemporary Voices (BMIC)", 1989 [ voice and vibraphone ], from Five Sets of Songs (1989 - 2007) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elliot Weisgarber (1919 - 2001), "An die Musik", 1995 [ soprano and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Inger Wikström (b. 1939), "An die Musik", op. 18 no. 3 (1983), first performed 1983 [ soprano and piano ], Svensk Musik [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Wimberger (1923 - 2016), "Musik", 2012 [ baritone and instrumental ensemble ], from Rilkelieder , no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , "On Music", copyright © ; composed by Robert Benford Lepley.
- Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) , "To Music" ; composed by Anne Charlotte Clarke.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Monique Gabus.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Sciarrino (b. 1947) ; composed by Salvatore Sciarrino.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-11
Line count: 17
Word count: 69
Music: breathing of statues. Perhaps: stillness of pictures. You speech, where speeches end. You time vertically poised on the courses of vanishing hearts. Feelings for what? O, you transformation of feelings into...audible landscape! You stranger: Music. Space that's outgrown us, heartspace. Innermost us, transcendently surging away from us holiest parting, where what is within surrounds us as practiced horizon, as other side of the air, pure, gigantic, no longer lived in.
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Authorship:
- by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963), "To Music" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "An die Musik"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anne Charlotte Clarke (b. 1960), "To Music", 1998 [ voices and band ], from Just After Sunset, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-04
Line count: 17
Word count: 71