by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Spaziergang
Language: German (Deutsch)
Schon ist mein Blick am Hügel, dem besonnten, dem Wege, den ich kaum begann, voran. So fasst uns das, was wir nicht fassen konnten, voller Erscheinung, aus der Ferne an - und wandelt uns, auch wenn wirs nicht erreichen, in jenes, das wir, kaum es ahnend, sind; ein Zeichen weht, erwidernd unserm Zeichen . . . Wir aber spüren nur den Gegenwind.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Holmer Becker (b. 1955), "Spaziergang", published 2002 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Rilke, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Granville Walker (b. 1949), "Spaziergang", from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konstantin Wladigeroff (b. 1978) and by Alexander Wladigeroff (b. 1978), "Spaziergang" [ speaker and chamber orchestra ], from Magie; Hommage an Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 7a [sung text not yet checked]
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