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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Die Dörfer sind wie ein Garten
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Dörfer sind wie ein Garten
In Türmen von seltsamen Arten
klingen die Glocken wie weh,
Uferschlösser warten
und schauen [aus]1 schwarzen Scharten
müd auf den Mittagssee.
Und [silberne Wellen]2 spielen
und goldene Dampfer kielen
leise den lichten [Lauf.
Und]3 hinter den Uferzielen
tauchen die vielen, vielen 
Silberberge auf.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Weismann 

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1 Weismann: "durch"
2 Weismann: "schwellende Wellchen"
3 Weismann: "lauf, / fern"

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Bodensee", appears in Advent, in Fahrten, no. 5 [author's text not yet checked 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 Dieter Frommlet (b. 1933), "Bodensee" [ mixed chorus ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 1, Musikverlag Musekater [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Niedermann (1881 - 1957), "Am Bodensee", 1926 [ men's chorus ], Zürich : Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Rebay (1880 - 1953), "Am Bodensee" [ mixed chorus ], from 3 Partsongs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Bodensee" [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2007-07-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

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