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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Im flachen Land war ein Erwarten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im flachen Land war ein Erwarten
nach einem Gast, der niemals kam;
noch einmal fragt der bange Garten,
dann wird sein Lächeln langsam lahm.

Und in den müßigen Morästen
verarmt im Abend die Allee,
die Äpfel ängsten an den Ästen,
und jeder Wind tut ihnen weh.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Frühe Gedichte [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 Egon Kornauth (1891 - 1959), "Bange Erwartung", subtitle: "Aus den "Frühen Gedichten" I", op. 21 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1918) [ medium voice and piano ], Doblinger Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954), "Im flachen Land war ein Erwarten" [ voice and piano ], from Acht Gesänge nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolph T. Werther (1896 - 1986), "Im flachen Land war ein Erwarten", 1939 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder: 20 poems from Frühe Gedichte (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 18 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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