by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967)
Spanish dancer
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
As in the hand a match glows swiftly [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967), copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Spanische Tänzerin", appears in Neue Gedichte
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "Spanish dancer" [ soprano, flute, guitar and harp ], from Selected poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3, Minneapolis, MN : Uitgever: Kenwood Editions ; Libby Larsen Publishing [sung text checked 1 time]
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