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Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht, daß der Wind wie ein Kind erwacht, und er kommt die Allee allein leise, leise ins Dorf herein. Und er tastet bis an den Teich, und dann horcht er herum: und die Häuser sind bleich, und die Eichen sind stumm . . .
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1997, page 161.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier [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 Eduard Bornschein (1883 - 1945), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", 1926 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Gesänge nach Gedichten von R. M. Rilke, no. 5, Mainz : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josep Cercós , "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", published 2004 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder sobre R.M.Rilke, no. 3, Tritó [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dieter Frommlet (b. 1933), "In tiefer Nacht" [ mixed chorus ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2, Musikverlag Musekater [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Nachtwind", op. 43 no. 11 (1937) [ medium voice and piano ], from Buch der Bilder; Zwölf Lieder, no. 11, Berlin : Verlag der Signale für die musikalische Welt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Nachtwind", subtitle: "Aus den "Frühen Gedichten" II", op. 21 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 [ medium voice and piano ], Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht" [ voice and piano ], from Acht Gesänge nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leila Lustig (b. 1944), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", 2007 [ medium voice, string quartet ], from In nächtiger Luft, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", op. 45 no. 4 (1943) [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder; aus den ''Frühen Gedichten", no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Nessler , "Manchmal geschieht es", 1954 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippine Schick (1893 - 1970), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", op. 22 (Sechs dreistimmmige Frauenchöre a cappella) no. 6 (1930) [ women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946 - 2001), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht" [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", 1935 [ voice and guitar ], from Goldluft und blaue Berge [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Voormolen (1895 - 1980), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", from Drei Gedichte, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Manchmal geschieht es", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aladár Weigerth , "Nachtwind" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder, no. 2, Berlin : Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Weigl (1881 - 1938), "Manchmal geschieht es...", op. 27 no. ? [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht", 1939 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder: 20 poems from Frühe Gedichte (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhart von Westermann (1894 - 1963), "Manchmal geschieht es", op. 5 no. 4, copyright © 1932 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Stimmungsbilder, no. 4, Berlin ; Wiesbaden : Ed. Bote & G. Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Betz (1898 - 1946) ; composed by Raymond Loucheur.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Vincenzo Errante (1890 - 1951) , "Risveglio del vento" ; composed by Elena Barbaja, Luigi Cortese, Narciso Sabbadini.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 49
Sometimes it happens in the dead of night that the wind awakens like a child, and alone it comes along the tree-lined road, quietly, quietly, into the village. And it feels its way up to the pond, and then it listens to everything round about: and the houses are pale, and the oaks are mute . . .
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Translations of title(s):
"In tiefer Nacht" = "In the dead of night"
"Manchmal geschieht es" = "Sometimes it happens"
"Manchmal geschieht es in tiefer Nacht" = "Sometimes it happens in the dead of night"
"Nachtwind" = "Night wind"
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 58