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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Gedichte, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1997, page 150.

Text Authorship:

• by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Engellieder, no. 2, first published 1899 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Akos Banlaky (b. 1966), "Seit mich mein Engel nicht mehr bewacht...", first performed 2009 [ mezzo-soprano and piano trio ], from Liedphantasie no. 4: Engellieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by George van Dam , no title, 1994 [ countertenor and violin ], from Rilke Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Friedhelm Neubert , "Seit mich mein Engel...", from Engellieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vsevolod Pozdejev (b. 1979), "Seit mich mein Engel nicht mehr bewacht", first performed 2017 [ baritone and piano ], from 3 Lieder Gedichte von Rainer Marie Rilke , no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Ruck (1897 - 1983), "Seit mich mein Engel nicht mehr bewacht", op. 106 no. 2, copyright © 1969 [ voice and piano ], from Engellieder, no. 2, Stuttgart : Lausch & Zweigle [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wim Zwaag (b. 1960), "Seit mich mein Engel nicht mehr bewacht", 2007 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 10 Songs on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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