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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé
Herr, es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Herr, es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß. Leg deinen Schatten auf die Sonnenuhren, und auf den Fluren lass die Winde los. Befiehl den letzten Früchten, voll zu sein; gib ihnen noch zwei südlichere Tage, dränge sie zur Vollendung hin, und jage die letzte Süße in den schweren Wein. Wer jetzt kein Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr. Wer jetzt allein ist, wird es lange bleiben, wird wachen, lesen, lange Briefe schreiben und wird in den Alleen hin und her unruhig wandern, wenn die Blätter treiben.
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F. Agsteribbe sets stanza 2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Herbsttag", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920 [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 Frank Agsteribbe (b. 1968), "Herbsttag", 1996 [ low voice, flute and violoncello ], from ..wenn die Blätter treiben, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Agsteribbe (b. 1968), "Herbsttag 2", 1996, stanza 2 [ low voice, recorder and violoncello ], from ..wenn die Blätter treiben, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Agsteribbe (b. 1968), "Conclusio", 1996 [ voice, violin, recorder, violoncello ], from ..wenn die Blätter treiben, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Miguel del Aguila (b. 1957), "Es ist Zeit", op. 12 (1986), first performed 1986 [ voice, flute, harp ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elizabeth R. Austin (b. 1938), "Herbsttag" [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Rilke-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Herbsttag", 2015 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Simon Bainbridge (b. 1952), "Herbsttag", 1993, copyright © 1994 [ chorus ], London : Novello; requires two antiphonal choirs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Draga Balena (b. 1947), "Herbsttag", 1973 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Natalie Bayada-Snoeren , "Herbsttag" [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Conrad Beck (1901 - 1989), "Herbsttag" [ voice and piano or organ ], from Drei Herbstgesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Benary (1931 - 2015), "Herbsttag" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Berghamer (1913 - 1994), "Herbsttag" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Terje Bjørklund (b. 1945), "Herbsttag", 1987 [ voice and string quartet or piano ], NB noter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Volker Block (1940 - 1979), "Herr, es ist Zeit", from Lebensfalten, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dirk Blockeel (b. 1955), "Herbsttag", 2003 [ chorus and piano ], from Rilkes dritte Jahreszeit, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frédéric Bolli (b. 1953), "Herbsttag", 1978 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Josef Breuer (1914 - 1996), "Herbsttag" [ women's chorus or men's chorus ], Arezzo Musikverlag Gmbh [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Büchtger (1903 - 1978), "Herr, es ist Zeit", copyright © 1964 [ chorus ], from Rilke-Chöre, no. 1, Mainz : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Burkhart (1902 - 1978), "Herbsttag", copyright © 1958 [ mixed chorus ], Wien ; Wiesbaden : L. Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fridolin Dallinger (1933 - 2020), "Herbsttag", 2010 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helmut Degen (1911 - 1995), "Herbsttag" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gion Antoni Derungs (1935 - 2012), "Herbsttag", 2001 [ three-part women's chorus or men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antal Doráti (1906 - 1988), "Herbsttag", 1976, copyright © 1996, first performed 1976 [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Studien, no. 1, Bern : Müller & Schade [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willem Dragstra (b. 1956), "Herbsttag", 1983, copyright © 1987 [ medium voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 2, Maastricht : Sodenkamp [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matthias Drude (b. 1960), "Herbsttag", 1981/82 [ medium voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 1, Manuskript [sung text not yet checked]
- by Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "Herbsttag", 1961, published 1966 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Edholm , "Herbsttag" [ voice and guitar ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul-Bernhard Eipper (b. 1963), "Herbsttag", 1985 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Eötvös (b. 1944), "Herbsttag", 2011, copyright © 2013 [ women's chorus ], Mainz : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernt Kasberg Evensen (b. 1944), "Herbsttag", 1989, first performed 1990 [ voice and piano ], NB noter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacob Christian Fabricius (1840 - 1919), "Herbsttag", published 1989 [ mezzo-soprano and organ ], from Three songs, no. 2, København : Samfundet til udgivelse af dansk musik [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerhard Folkerts (b. 1944), "Herbsttag", 1985, published 1987 [ alto and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Texten von Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wim Franken (b. 1922), "Herbsttag", 1959, from Zes Rilke-liederen, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Friemel (b. 1932), "Herr es ist Zeit" [ mixed chorus ], Anton Böhm & Sohn Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dieter Frommlet (b. 1933), "Herbsttag", published 1959 [ mixed chorus ], in: Leuckart-Chorblatt, München : F.E.C. Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Uli Führe (b. 1957), "Herr, es ist Zeit", published 2015 [ mixed chorus ], Fidula [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Furer (1924 - 2013), "Herbsttag" [ men's chorus or women's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zoltán Gárdonyi (1906 - 1986), "Herbsttag", 1940/1 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Rilke-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carsten Gerlitz (b. 1966), "Herbsttag" [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Lieder auf Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2, Peermusic [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (1881 - 1944), "Herr, es ist Zeit. Der Sommer war sehr groß", 1928-1929, published c1935, stanzas 1-2 [ tenor, soprano, chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Der Kreis des Lebens, no. 3a, Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner Wolf Glaser (1913 - 2006), "Herbsttag", published 1935? [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Gloth , "Herbsttag", 1980, published 1982 [ voice and guitar ], [Germany] : Gloth Schallplatte [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Georg Görner (1908 - 1984), "Herr, es ist Zeit", from Lieder des Herbstes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Grabner (1886 - 1969), "Herbsttag", published 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Rilke-Lieder, no. 1, Lippstadt : Kistner & Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Grahl (b. 1947), "Herbsttag", 2005 [ voice and piano ], from Ich sah des Sommers letzte Rose stehen..., no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Axel Groffmann , "Herbsttag" [ mixed chorus ], Carol Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bert Grund (1920 - 1992), "Herbsttag" [ voice and orchestra ], Rolf Budde Musikverlag GmbH. Recorded by Bert Grund Orchestra and Kate Kühl [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albrecht Haaf (b. 1953), "Herbsttag" [ mixed chorus and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961), "Herbsttag", 1993, first performed 1993 [ voice, oboe, violoncello and harpsichord ], from Lost in Translation, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernd Hänschke (b. 1948), "Herbsttag" [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten von Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ross Harris (b. 1945), "Herbsttag", 2000 [ soprano, clarinet and harp ], from Three Rilke Songs, no. 3, Waiteata Music Press [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paavo Heininen (b. 1938), "Herbsttag", op. 30 no. 2 (1973), first performed 1975 [ mezzo-soprano and piano or strings ], from Schatten der Erde, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by York Höller (b. 1944), "Herbsttag", 1999, published 2009 [ triangle ], Mainz : Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz [sung text not yet checked]
- by York Höller (b. 1944), "Herr, es ist Zeit", 1966 [ soprano, flute, harp, violoncello, harpsichord, string quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Johannes Balthasar von Hößlin (1885 - 1946), "Herbsttag", 1944 [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephen Andrew Gill Hough, Sir (b. 1961), "Herbsttag", 2010 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary (Carlisle) Howe (1882 - 1964), "Herbsttag", 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Four Poems By Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Hudson , "Herbsttag", from Drei Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002), "Herbsttag", 1980 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Svein Hundsnes (b. 1951), "Herbsttag", 1991, first performed 1991 [ baritone, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, violoncello, piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 4, NB noter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gordon Kerry (b. 1961), "Herbsttag" [ soprano and piano ], from Drei Jahreszeitenslieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Harold C. King (1895 - 1984), "Herbsttag", 1983, from O Leben, Leben, wunderliche Zeit, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Piet Kingma (1926 - 1994), "Herbsttag", copyright © 1986 [ chorus and orchestra ], from Rilke Lieder, no. 2, Amsterdam : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst-Lothar von Knorr (1896 - 1973), "Herbsttag", 1950? [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Gesänge, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Kracke (1910 - 1989), "Herbsttag", copyright © 1967 [ men's chorus ], from Zwei Herbstlieder, no. 2, Berlin ; Wiesbaden : Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Lekkerkerk (b. 1964), "Herbsttag", published c2001 [ mixed chorus ], Loosdrecht : Harmonia [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (b. 1963), "Herbsttag" [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Herbsttag", op. 11 (Lieder) no. 2 (1929) [ mixed chorus ], Baerenreiter Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernadetta Matuszczak (b. 1931), "Herbsttag", 1971, copyright © 1977 [ baritone and organ ], from Piesni Rilkego, no. 7, Kraków : Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Herbsttag", op. 405 (1938) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Horst Meyer-Selb (1933 - 2004), "Herbsttag" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Medaillon, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos Micháns (b. 1950), "Herbsttag", copyright © 1989 [ chorus ], from Herbstlieder, no. 1, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Werner August Morgenthaler (1896 - 1964), "Herbsttag" [ voice and piano ], from 7 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dylan Newcomb , "Herbsttag" [ counter-tenor and 2 viola da gambas ], from Songcycle, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020), "Herbsttag", 2005, first performed 2005 [ voices and orchestra ], from Symphony No. 8: Piesni Przemijania (Songs of Transitoriness) (Lieder der Vergänglichkeit), no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - 2016), "Herbsttag", op. 74 no. 3 (1973/1998) [ vocal duet for male voice and female voice with piano ], from Almanakka kahdelle, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Christoph Redel (b. 1947), "Herbsttag", op. 99 no. 2 (2020) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Rilke-Gesänge, no. 2, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Reiter (1905 - 1970), "Herbsttag" [ mixed chorus ], from Der Jahresring, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Riester (1906 - 1975), "Herbsttag", 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bert Rudolf (1905 - 1992), "Herbsttag" [ soprano and string quartet ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 2, Astoria Verlag GmbH/ Hal Leonard Europe [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sven-David Sandström (b. 1942), "Herbsttag", 2017 [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Rilke Gesänge, no. 1, Stockholm : Gehrmans Musikförlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Meinrad Schütter (1910 - 2006), "Herbsttag", 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Ausgewählte Lieder (Heft 1), no. 2, Nepomuk Musik Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Robert Shallenberg (1930 - 2005), "Herbsttag", c1980 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vladislav Alekseyevich Shoot (1941 - 2022), "Herbsttag", 1993, copyright © 1998 [ high voice, clarinet, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello and double bass ], from Vorgefühl, no. 3, Frankfurt/M. : Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Skolaude (1910 - 1989), "Herbsttag", published 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder, no. 4, Wien : Krenn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Suitner (b. 1928), "Herbsttag", op. 119, copyright © 2011 [ mixed chorus ], Ober-Mörlen : Edition Ferrimontana [sung text not yet checked]
- by Xaver Thoma (b. 1953), "Herbsttag", op. 154a (Sieben Gesänge) no. 7 (2007), published c2008 [ baritone and piano ], Asperg : IKURO [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michael Tilson Thomas (b. 1944), "Herbsttag", 2019 [ mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, and orchestra ], from Meditations on Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Velten (b. 1937), "Herbsttag" [ mixed chorus ], from Zwei Lieder nach Gedichten, no. 2, Edition Ferrimontana [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Viecenz (1893 - 1959), "Herbsttag", 1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Herbsttag", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Weikmann (b. 1962), "Herbsttag" [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elliot Weisgarber (1919 - 2001), "Herbsttag", 1995 [ soprano and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eberhard Ludwig Wittmer (1905 - 1989), "Herr, es ist Zeit", copyright © 1951 [ men's chorus ], Mainz : B. Schott's Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ekkehard Wölk (b. 1967), "Herbsttag", 2007 [ soprano and piano ], from Liederzyklus Book of Images. Rilke-Lieder 1, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Derek Young , "Herbsttag", 1959-1960, published 1989?, copyright © 1960 [ bass and piano ], from Das Buch der Bilder, no. 4, West Hagley : Lynwood [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Wolfgang Ziegler (1906 - 2000), "Herbsttag", Anton-Verlag Musikverlag Katharina Anton [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harry Ziems , "Herbsttag", from Der Jahreskreis, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Herbsttag" [ men's chorus and piano ], from Lieder des Herbstes nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , copyright © ; composed by Michael Alec Rose.
- Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) , "Autumn Day" ; composed by Anne Charlotte Clarke.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Daniel Charles Foley.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by William Howard Gass (1924 - 2017) , "Autumn Day", copyright © ; composed by Patrick Riley.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Bertil Frans Harald Malmberg (1889 - 1958) ; composed by Hjalmar Boberg.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Elisabeth Siekhaus) , "Fall day", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Jour d'automne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Φθινοπωρινή μέρα", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 87
Jour d'automne
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Seigneur, c'est l'heure. L'été fut très grand. Étends ton ombre sur le cadran solaire, et libère les vents sur les champs. Ordonne aux derniers fruits la plénitude ; donne-leur encore deux jours méridionaux, pousse-les à l'accomplissement et instille la dernière douceur dans le vin capiteux. Qui maintenant n'a pas de maison, ne s'en bâtira plus Qui maintenant est seul, le restera longtemps, veillera, lira, écrira de longues lettres, ira de ci, de là dans les allées se promener, inquiet, quand tomberont les feuilles.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Herbsttag", appears in Das Buch der Bilder, first published 1920
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 83