Riding, riding, riding [ ... ]
The Lay of the Love and Death
Song Cycle by Lisa Bielawa (b. 1968)
1. Riding  [sung text checked 1 time]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 1, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 1, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
2. I carry the flag  [sung text checked 1 time]
Von Langenau is writing a letter, deep in thought [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 12, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 12, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
3. Castle [sung text checked 1 time]
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Rest! To be a guest for once. Not always oneself [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 14, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 14, first published 1906
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It began as a feast. And became a festival, one hardly knows how… There was a beating of waves in the halls, a meeting together and a choosing of each other, a parting with each other and a finding again, a rejoicing in the radiance and a blinding in the light… Out of dark wine and a thousand roses runs the hour rushing into the dream of night.
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- a text in English by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 15, copyright ©
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 15, first published 1906
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]One, who wears white silk [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 17, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 17, first published 1906
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
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Have you forgotten that you are my page [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 18, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 18, first published 1906
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1 omitted by Bielawa.Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Slowly the castle lights go out. Everyone is heavy [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 19, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 19, first published 1906
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4. Tower Room  [sung text checked 1 time]
The tower room is dark [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 20, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 20, first published 1906
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
5. Storm in the House [sung text checked 1 time]
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Was a window open? Is the storm in the house? [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 22, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 22, first published 1906
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Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Is this the morning? What sun is rising? [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 23, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 23, first published 1906
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But the flag is not there [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 24, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 24, first published 1906
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Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
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6. It Has Never Been So Kingly  [sung text checked 1 time]
He is running a race with burning halls, [through doors that press him close, red-hot, over stairs that scorch him, he breaks forth out of the raging pile.]1 Upon his arms he carries the flag like a white, insensible woman. And he finds a horse, and it’s like a cry: away over all, passing everything by, even his own men. And then the flag comes to itself again, and it has never been so kingly; and now they all see it, [far ahead, and know the shining, helmetless man and know the flag]1 ... But, behold, it begins to glow, flings itself out and grows wide and red ... — — — — — — — Their flag is aflame in the enemy’s [midst, and they gallop after.]2
Text Authorship:
- by Margaret Dows Herter Norton (1894 - 1985), no title, appears in The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, no. 25
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 25, first published 1906
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with M. D. Herter Norton, The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, W. W. Norton & Company, 1963. Note: this is a prose text with arbitrary line-breaks added.
1 omitted by Bielawa.2 Bielawa: "midst."
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]