by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Du arme, alte Kapelle
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du arme, alte Kapelle Mit deiner verstaubten Zier – Der Frühling baut eine helle Kirche neben dir. Viel frierende Frauen hinken In deine Weihrauchruh, Draussen die Kinder winken Allen Rosen zu.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Advent, Leipzig : P. Friesenhahn , 1898, p.22
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Advent [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 Siegfried Fournes (1896 - 1932), "Du arme alte Kapelle", copyright © 1978 [ voice and piano ], from Gesamtausgabe der Lieder von Siegfried Fournes, no. 17, Steinkirchen : G. Fournes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kurt Pahlen (1907 - 2003), "Alte Kapelle", 1926-1928 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder von Rilke, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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