by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Fahlgrauer Himmel, von dem jede Farbe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Fahlgrauer Himmel, von dem jede Farbe bange verblich. Weit — ein einziger lohroter Strich wie eine brennende Geißelnarbe. Irre Reflexe vergehn und erscheinen. Und in der Luft liegts wie ersterbender Rosenduft und wie verhaltenes Weinen ...
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- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Traumgekrönt, in Träumen, no. 13, first published 1896 [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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), as Emilie Maria von Bach, "Fahlgrauer Himmel", 1926 [ soprano and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 7, Wien IX, Türkensir. 9, Edit. Vienna / Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Beck (1891 - 1972), "Fahlgrauer Himmel", op. 24 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 (1957) [ voice and piano ], Wien : Waldheim-Eberle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Fahlgrauer Himmel", op. 67 no. 2 (1996) [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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