by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation Singable translation © by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943)
Being Here
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
...because truly being here is so much, because everything here [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Stephen Mitchell (b. 1943), copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Die neunte Elegie", appears in Duineser Elegien, no. 9
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Leslie Kleen (b. 1942), "Being Here", copyright © 2005 [ alto, chorus, piano, flute, clarinet, and violoncello ], Music From Riverside [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Harry Behn (1898 - 1973) , copyright © ; composed by Will Gay Bottje, George Rochberg.
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