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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

On arrange et on compose
Language: French (Français) 
On arrange et on compose 
les mots de tant de façons, 
mais comment arriverait-on 
à égaler une rosé? 

Si on supporte l'étrange 
prétention de ce jeu, 
c'est que, parfois, un ange 
le dérange un peu.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), written 1924/1925, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 53 [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 Jean Philippe Dartois , "La rose", 2017 [ voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "On arrange et on compose", published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "... égaler une rose ?", 1999 [ women's chorus ], from 6 Poèmes de Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 4, Artchipel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joop Voorn (1932 - 2021), "On arrange et on compose", 2011, published 2014, copyright © 2014 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Vues des anges, no. 6, Rijswijk, the Netherlands : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-10-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

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