by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Unendlich staun ich euch an, ihr...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Mandelbäume in Blüte: alles, was wir leisten können, ist, sich ohne Rest zu erkennen in der irdischen Erscheinung. Unendlich staun ich euch an, ihr Seligen, euer Benehmen, wie ihr die schwindliche Zier traget in ewigem Sinn. Ach wers verstünde zu blühn: dem wär das Herz über alle schwachen Gefahren hinaus und in der großen getrost.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Ahead of All Parting The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke, Random House Publishing Group, 2015
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1912 [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 Alois Bröder (b. 1961), "Mandelbäume in Blüte", published 2003 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Lachen. Weinen. Blühen. Vergehen., no. 3, Selbstverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Child (b. 1953), "Die Mandelbäume in Blüte" [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Rilke songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Xaver Paul Thoma (b. 1953), "Mandelbäume in Blüte", op. 154a (Sieben Gesänge) no. 4 (2007), published c2008 [ baritone and piano ], Asperg : IKURO [sung text not yet checked]
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