by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Note: this is a placeholder for vocal works whose texts we know come from Duineser Elegien but about which we know little else. Over time, the list of settings below will change as we learn more about them.


Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Felix Baumann (b. 1961), "Was, wenn Verwandlung nicht", 1990 [ piano ], note: Based on the 'Duineser Elegien' by R.M.Rilke.The radiation of a central motive changes through a process of different aspects.
  • by Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924 - 2012), "Duineser Elegien", op. 90 no. 1 (1981) [ soprano, bass clarinet, viola ad libitum ]
  • by Peter Michael Braun (1936 - 2019), "Entelechie", 1972 [ voices and orchestra ], placeholder
  • by Allen Stephen Brings (b. 1934), "Elegy", published 1991 [ baritone and string quartet ], Mira Music associates
  • by Joseph Francis Castaldo (1927 - 2000), "Elegy", 1990, copyright © 1990 [ soprano and orchestra ], Boca Raton, Fla : E.F. Kalmus
  • by Raphaël Cendo (b. 1975), "quatuor N°3 - Élégie", published 2017 [ soprano, alto,tenor, bass, string quartet ], from Delocazione, no. 6, Paris : Maison Ona
  • by Fortunat Frölich (b. 1954), "5 Fragmente aus der Ersten Duineser Elegie von R.M. Rilke", 1997 [ voice and piano ], Luzern : Musinfo
  • by Franz Furrer-Münch (1924 - 2010), "Forme et mystère", 1989, published 2008? [ organ and tape or 2 voices ], [Karlsruhe?] : Tre Media
  • by Richard Heller (b. 1954), "Elegie" [ voice and piano ], Placeholder
  • by Erich Itor Kahn (1905 - 1956), "Lyrisches Konzert" [ soprano and piano ], Nach Fragmenten aus den Duineser Elegien
  • by Dieter Kaufmann (b. 1941), "Flügelschlag" [ speaker and piano four-hands ]
  • by Andreas Nilsson (b. 1993), "Elegische Fragmente", subtitle: "solo-cantata" [ mezzo-soprano, piano, electronics or tape ], Swedish Music Information Centre, Stockholm
  • by Mārtiņš Viļums (b. 1974), "Le temps scintille", 2003 [ 12 voices ], In Le temps scintille, Viļums uses two text sources, the impressive poem Le cimétière marin by Paul Valéry and Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duineser Elegien. In the score, both texts have been reduced to parts of sentences, a few syllables, a few words.

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