by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Der Abend wechselt langsam die Gewänder
Language: German (Deutsch)
Der Abend wechselt langsam die Gewänder, die ihm ein Rand von alten Bäumen hält; du schaust: und von dir scheiden sich die Länder, ein himmelfahrendes und eins, das fällt; und lassen dich, zu keinem ganz gehörend, nicht ganz so dunkel wie das Haus, das schweigt, nicht ganz so sicher Ewiges beschwörend wie das, was Stern wird jede Nacht und steigt – und lassen dir (unsäglich zu entwirrn) dein Leben, bang und riesenhaft und reifend, so daß es, bald begrenzt und bald begreifend, abwechselnd Stein in dir wird und Gestirn.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Das Buch der Bilder, Zweite sehr vermehrte Auflage, Berlin, Leipzig, Stuttgart: Axel Junker Verlag, 1906, 1. Buch, Teil 2, page 58.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Abend", appears in Das Buch der Bilder [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 David Biedenbender (b. 1984), "Abend", 2012 [ chorus ], from Three Rilke songes, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Helmut Bieler (1940 - 2019), "Abend", 2003 [ mezzo-soprano, horn, piano ], from Zwei Gesänge nach Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus-Martin Bresgott (b. 1967), "Abend", Fr. Portius Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacob Christian Fabricius (1840 - 1919), "Abend", published 1989 [ mezzo-soprano and organ ], from Three songs, no. 1, København : Samfundet til udgivelse af dansk musik [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Abend", 2022, copyright © 2022 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Stone and Star, no. 2, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Jochum (1898 - 1969), "Der Abend wechsel" [ speaker ], from Stufen der Einsamkeit, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hartmut Mayer , "Abend", 2004 [ voice and piano ], from 4 Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Norby (1936 - 2007), "Abend", 1989 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Herbstlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cleopatra Valentina Perepelita (b. 1950), "Abend", published 2007 [ voice and piano ], from Wag es und die Welt ist dein, Verlag Chromatic Edition [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Plylar (b. 1978), "Abend", 1998/2008, first performed 1999 [ baritone and piano ], from Nachtstücke after Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reinhold Ruiss , "Der Abend" [ tenor and piano ], from Rilke Lieder, no. 21 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Triphon Dimitrov Silyanovski (1923 - 2005), "Der Abend", 1953 [ soprano and piano ], from 5 песни за сопран и пиано (лява ръка), по стихове на Райнер Мария Рилке = Five Songs for Soprano and Piano (Left Hand) on Poetry by R.M. Rilke, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Tacke (b. 1985), "Abend", 2012, published 2015 [ soprano and percussion ], American Composers Alliance [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elliot Weisgarber (1919 - 2001), "Abend", 1995 [ soprano and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ekkehard Wölk (b. 1967), "Abend", 2007 [ bass, piano and percussion ], from Liederzyklus Book of Images. Rilke-Lieder 2, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943) , "Evening", copyright © ; composed by Jayce John Ogren.
- Also set in English, a translation by Carlyle Ferren MacIntyre (1890 - 1967) , "Evening", copyright © ; composed by Bruce Harold Babcock.
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