by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Albert Ernest Flemming
Härte schwand. Auf einmal legt sich...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Härte schwand. Auf einmal legt sich Schonung an der Wiesen aufgedecktes Grau. Kleine Wasser ändern die Betonung. Zärtlichkeiten, ungenau, greifen nach der Erde aus dem Raum. Wege gehen weit uns Land und Zeigens. Unvermutet siehst du seines Steigens Ausdruck in dem leeren Baum.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Vorfrühling", appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926 [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 Holmer Becker (b. 1955), "Vorfrühling", published 2002 [ bass-baritone and piano ], from Vier Lieder nach Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marius Flothuis (1914 - 2001), "Härte schwand", op. 15 no. 3 (1943) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Vorfrühling, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harald Heilmann (1924 - 2018), "Vorfrühling", copyright © 1993 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Rilke-Lieder, no. 1, Berlin : Astoria [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hanno Hussong (b. 1957), "Vorfrühling" [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Mense (b. 1969), "Vorfrühling", 1996, published 1997 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1, Selbstverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Vorfrühling", op. 1 no. 13 (1970) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joey Roukens (b. 1982), "Vorfrühling", 2015 [ voice and piano ], from Frühlingslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kareem Roustom (b. 1971), "Vorfrühling", 2019, copyright © 2019 [ mixed chorus and orchestra ], from Ice, Wind, War & Spring, no. 4, Layali Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Vorfrühling" [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Schoendlinger (1919 - 1983), "Vorfrühling", 1981 [ voice and piano ], from 14 Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Velten (b. 1937), "Vorfrühling" [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Gesänge nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Granville Walker (b. 1949), "Vorfrühling", from Sechs Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jörg Ernst Weigand (b. 1940), "Vorfrühling", published 2023 [ voice and piano ], from Traumtage, p.machinery [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) ; composed by Anne Charlotte Clarke.
- Also set in English, a translation by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Early Spring", written 1924, copyright © ; composed by Walter Joseph Buczynski.
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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
Harshness vanished. A sudden softness
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Harshness vanished. A sudden softness [ ... ]
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1 Omitted by Buczynski
Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke; Selected Poems, Taylor & Francis, 1986
Text Authorship:
- by Albert Ernest Flemming , "Early Spring", written 1924, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Vorfrühling", appears in Die Gedichte 1922-1926
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Walter Joseph Buczynski (b. 1933), "Harshness vanished. A sudden softness", 1987 [ soprano and string quartet ], from String quartet #3, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Blair Leishman (1902 - 1963) ; composed by Anne Charlotte Clarke.
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 43