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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann
Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde die Flockenherde wie ein Hirt und manche Tanne ahnt, wie balde sie fromm und lichterheilig wird, und lauscht hinaus. Den weißen Wegen streckt sie die Zweige hin, bereit und wehrt dem Wind und wächst engegen der einen Nacht der Herrlichkeit.
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Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, Advent, Leipzig: P. Friesenhahn, 1898, page 5.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Advent", written 1897, appears in Advent, first published 1898 [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 Georg Friedrich Alms (1878 - 1972), "Der Wind treibt fern im Winterwalde", from 2 Adventslieder, no. 2, Nachlaß in der Schleswig Holsteinischen Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Advent", 2011 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Howell Bartles (1930 - 2006), "Advent", 2003 [ voice and piano ], Manuscript [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm von Baselli , "Advent", 1950? [ voice and piano ], from Rilke-Lieder, no. 7, Wien : Wilhelm von Baselli [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Blank (1902 - 1995), "Advent", copyright © 1951 [ chorus ], from Eia, Weihnacht, no. 1, Düsseldorf : Musikverlag Schwann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rolli Bohnes , "Es treibt der Wind" [ voice and band ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Bottenberg (1930 - 2018), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde", 1973 [ voice, recorder, piano ], from Eine weihnachtliche Hausmusik, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Bräuer (b. 1988), "Advent" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ursula Butt (b. 1928), "Advent", published 2003 [ mixed chorus ], Mülheim: Heinz Haubrich Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrew Noah Cap (b. 1969), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde" [ voice and piano ], from Alte Weihnachtsgedichte in neuem Gewand, no. 13, Sounds like Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Egger (1863 - 1962), "Advent", published 1954 [ mixed chorus ], Wien ; Wiesbaden : Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Will Eisenmann (1906 - 1992), "Advent", op. 39 no. 3 (1945) [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge im Zwielicht, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Veit Erdmann-Abele (b. 1944), "Advent" [ voice and piano ], Musikverlag Musekater [sung text not yet checked]
- by Markus Fricker (b. 1943), "Advent" [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fürstenthal (1920 - 2016), "Advent" [ voice and piano ], from Spätlese III, no. 5, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Advent", op. 31 no. 1 (1928), published 1928, first performed 1928 [ vocal trio for female voices or three-part women's chorus and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von R. M. Rilke, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carsten Gerlitz (b. 1966), "Es treibt der Wind", published 2001 [ mixed chorus ], from Drei Lieder auf Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1, Peermusic [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willibald Görl (1909 - 1987), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwald" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albrecht Haaf (b. 1953), "Nacht der Herrlichkeit", copyright © 2014 [ mixed chorus, flute and piano ], from Wunderweiße Nächte, no. 1, Schott Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Haas (1886 - 1960), "Advent", c1919-c1944 [ voice and piano ], from 25 Lieder nach Gedichten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Hegel (1899 - 1981), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwald" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willi Hilgers , "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwald" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Jansen , "Advent" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Jeßler (b. 1924), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwald" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy Kehrer (1902 - 1976), "Advent", op. 28 no. 24 (1922), first performed 1938 [ soprano and mezzo-soprano (ad libitum) and piano ], from Eine Rainer-Maria-Rilke-Stunde, no. 24, Thüringen : Willy-Kehrer-Archiv Schmölln [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hilde Kocher-Klein (1894 - 1975), "Die heilige Nacht", op. 76a (Drei Rilke-Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], note: may be wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krause (b. 1889), "Advent", op. 47 no. 6, published 1972?, from Sechs Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ulrich Krüger (1896 - 1984), "Advent" [ low voice and piano ], from Vier geistliche Lieder, no. 1, Berlin-Lichterfelde, Lienau [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans-Hermann Kurig (1914 - 2002), "Advent" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wolfgang Lackerschmid (b. 1956), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwald" [ voice and vibraphone ], from Neue jazzorientierte Lieder. Nach Texten von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Birgitta Lutz , "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwald", published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Vertonungen nach Gedichten von R.M. Rilke, no. 1, Verlag Joachim Schmitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lorenz Maierhofer (b. 1956), "Es treibt der Wind" [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Maux (1893 - 1971), "Der Wind", op. 390 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Casimir von Pászthory (1886 - 1966), "Advent" [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder nach Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Advent", copyright © 1967 [ chorus ], Amsterdam : Zingende Stemmen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rettich (1892 - 1988), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwald", op. 154 no. 2a [ boys' chorus and men's chorus ], from cantata Ein Adventskranz, no. 2a [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christina Rommel (b. 1981), "Advent" [ voice and band ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Schlageter (1907 - 1995), "Advent" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julia Schwartz (b. 1963), "Advent", 1996 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Weihnachtslieder, Certosa Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich Oswald Sehlbach (1898 - 1985), "Es treibt der Wind", op. 59 no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexandr Stimmelmayr (b. 1946 ), "Advent" [ medium voice and piano ], from An die Parzen, no. 9, K.O.M.-Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Stuiber (1887 - 1967), "Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Heinz Taubert (1912 - 1990), "Advent", 1946 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Thienemann (1884 - 1963), "Advent", 1935 [ voices and guitar or lute ], from Christrosen; Advents-, Weihnachts- und Marienlieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konstantin Wladigeroff (b. 1978) and by Alexander Wladigeroff (b. 1978), "Advent", 2020 [ child's voice and chamber orchestra ], from Magie; Hommage an Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Russell Woollen (1923 - 1994), "Do you know", 1950 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Advent", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Walter A. Aue) , "Advent", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 46
Advent
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In wintry woods the wind is driving the flock of snowflakes, shepherd-like, and many a fir-tree feels how soon then by lights it will be sanctified, and listens well. To the white pathways it stretches out its branches wide to brave the wind and grow - to live for that single blissful holy night.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2010 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Advent", written 1897, appears in Advent, first published 1898
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 53