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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Bestürz mich, Musik, mit rythmischem...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Bestürz mich, Musik, mit rythmischem Zürnen!
Hoher Vorwurf, dicht vor dem Herzen erhoben,
das nicht so wogend empfand, das sich schonte. Mein Herz:da:
sieh deine Herrlichkeit. Hast du fast immer Genüge,
minder zu schwingen? Aber die Wölbungen warten,
die obersten, dass du sie füllst mit orgelndem Andrang.
Was ersehnst du der fremden Geliebten verhaltenes Antlitz? –
Hat deine Sehnsucht nicht Atem, aus der Posaune des Engels,
der das Weltgericht anbricht, tönende Stürme zu stoßen:
Oh, so ist sie auch nicht, nirgends, wird nicht geboren,
die du verdorrend entbehrst…

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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, ,Gesammelte Werke (Gedichte), Anaconda Verlag, 2020


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title [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 Stephen Andrew Gill Hough, Sir (b. 1961), "Bestürz mich, Musik, mit rythmischem Zürnen!", 2010 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Tom Lane , "Bestürz mich Musik", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Rilke Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Mark Adamo (b. 1962) , copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by John Corigliano.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-09
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