Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still | Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still,
du mein tieftiefes Leben;
dass du weisst, was der Wind dir will,
eh noch die Birken beben.

Und wenn dir einmal das Schweigen sprach,
lass deine Sinne besiegen.
Jedem Hauche gieb dich, gieb nach,
er wird dich lieben und wiegen.

Und dann meine Seele sei weit, sei weit,
dass dir das Leben gelinge,
breite dich wie ein Feierkleid
über die sinnenden Dinge.

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Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still", written 1898, appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mir zur Feier [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 Eduard Bornschein (1883 - 1945), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen", 1926 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Gesänge nach Gedichten von R. M. Rilke, no. 7, Mainz : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen", 1961, published 1966 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ernst Fuchs-Schönbach (1894 - 1975), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still", op. 59 (Sieben Lieder) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Artur Gelbrun (1913 - 1985), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Worten R.M. Rilke's, no. 2, Zürich : [Komp.] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gottfried Katzenschlager (b. 1937), "Vor lauter Lauschen…", op. 117 no. 3, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Im Abendgarten, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Barbara Kolberg (b. 1971), "Vor lauter Lauschen", copyright © 2021 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Sololieder, no. 7, München : Strube Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Daniela Liebig , "Vor lauter Lauschen" [ voice, guitar and band ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ignace Lilien (1897 - 1964), "Vor lauter Lauschen", 1922, copyright © 1960 [ low voice or medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von R.M. Rilke, no. 2, Amsterdam : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still", op. 8 no. 1, copyright © 1952 [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Rilke-Kreis, no. 1, Kassel : Bärenreiter-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix Ming (1900 - 1980), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still", 1946, published 2015 [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder nach Texten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 7, Niedernhausen : Edition Kemel [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf Oertzen (1910 - 1990), "Vor lauter Lauschen und Staunen sei still", op. 6 no. 10, copyright © 1959 [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 10, Hamburg : Hüllenhagen & Griehl [sung text not yet checked]

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