by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Wir sind die Treibenden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Wir sind die Treibenden. Aber den Schritt der Zeit, nehmt ihn als Kleinigkeit im immer Bleibenden. Alles das Eilende wird schon vorüber sein ; denn das Verweilende erst weiht uns ein. Knaben, o werft den Mut nicht in die Schnelligkeit, nicht in den Flugversuch. Alles ist ausgeruht : Dunkel und Helligkeit, Blume und Buch.
H. Birtwistle sets line 12
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 22 [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), "Elegy 4, Sonnet I, 22", 2004-03, line 12 [ oboe, harp and countertenor ], from Orpheus elegies, no. 3, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Büchtger (1903 - 1978), "Wir sind die Treibenden", 1951 [ voice and piano ], from Orpheus, no. 3, Orlando Musikverlag Gartenmaier KG [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert DeCormier (1922 - 2017), "Sonnet No.22" [ mixed chorus ], from Four Sonnets to Orpheus, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Wir sind die Treibenden ", 1984, copyright © 1987 [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Hommage à Rilke, no. 4, Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 13279 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Didier Graeffe , "Wir sind die Treibenden" [ male voice and cimbalom or piano ], from Drei Sonette an Orpheus, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Wir sind die Treibenden", copyright © 2012 [ tenor and piano ], from Sonnets to Orpheus, no. 21, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina (1930 - 2021), "Wir sind die Treibenden", 2020, published 2021 [ mezzo-soprano and string quartet ], from For mezzosoprano and string quartet, no. 6, Wien : Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Heisig (b. 1952), "Sonett an Orpheus", 1992-1995 [ speaker, voice and organ or harmonium ], from 32 Nadeldruckchoräle, no. 22 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Jürg Meier (1964 - 2015), "Blume und Buch", 2011 [ vocal quartet ], from ...und die Musik, immer neu, baut im unbrauchbaren Raum..., no. 1, Musinfo [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maria-José Sánchez , "Dauern Jetzt", 2002 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hanning Schroeder (1896 - 1987), "Wir sind die Treibenden", 1925, first performed 1986 [ soprano, flute, violin, clarinet, viola and violoncello ], from cantata Rilke-Kantate, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Strauß-König (b. 1930), "Wir sind die Treibenden", 2003 [ baritone and piano ], from Die Blätter fallen, no. 2, from Festliche Musik, no. 1, Edition Dohr [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacob ter Veldhuis (b. 1951), "Die Treibenden", first performed 1985 [ 3 male voices ], from Zwei Rilke Lieder, no. 2, The songs were never performed live, except sung and recorded by the composer in 1985. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konstantin Wladigeroff (b. 1978) and by Alexander Wladigeroff (b. 1978), "Wir sind die Treibenden", 2020 [ women's chorus chamber orchestra and piano ], from Magie; Hommage an Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Ludwig Lewisohn (1882 - 1955) ; composed by Gordon Ware Binkerd.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , copyright © ; composed by Richard Danielpour.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 52
Tarantella
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
We are the driving ones [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 1, no. 22
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Danielpour (b. 1956), "Tarantella", subtitle: "Sonnet XXII", 1994, published 1995 [ baritone and chamber orchestra ], from Sonnets to Orpheus (Book I), no. 4, Associated Music Publishers [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 66