Rilke's poems ever set to music?
Kathleen Bennett
knowlegeable of classical music. Anyway, I really love the poems of
Rilke, especially the Duino Elegies, and I was wondering if any composer
had ever written a musical setting of these beautiful words.
Thanks,
Lena k...@u.washington.edu
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~keb
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Lena k...@u.washington.edu
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~keb
Scott Inglett
|> Forgive me if this is an obvious question; I am (admittedly) not too
|> knowlegeable of classical music. Anyway, I really love the poems of
|> Rilke, especially the Duino Elegies, and I was wondering if any composer
|> had ever written a musical setting of these beautiful words.
|>
of the Elegies? From time to time I like to bury myself in them (so to
speak). The Stephen Mitchell translation never fails to move me in some way.
They've become personal favorites. I wouldn't mind losing myself in both
the poems and some musical mix based on them. Some composer must at
the very least have been inspired by him ("Every Angel is Terrifying!").
And if no one has written anything, I nominate James MacMillan to do so.
Someone just has to goad him on to do it.
I'm certain he could bring out the desperate aching often raging
spiritual tones embedded in those poems. Part and Taverner are just
too calm.
--
-Scott
Craigamb
to poems by Rilke: Extinguish My Eyes, and When My Soul Touches Yours.
They are available on CD and printed music.
Bob Wyttenbach
> In article <3pvi4v$j...@nntp4.u.washington.edu>, k...@u.washington.edu
(Kathleen Bennett) writes:
> |> Forgive me if this is an obvious question; I am (admittedly) not too
> |> knowlegeable of classical music. Anyway, I really love the poems of
> |> Rilke, especially the Duino Elegies, and I was wondering if any composer
> |> had ever written a musical setting of these beautiful words.
> |>
I don't know the poem of which you write, but some of the movements of
Shostakovich's 14th symphony are settings of Rilke.
Bob Wyttenbach
Lawrence Snyder
Mahler, Karl Marx, Franz Krause, Toch, George perle, Leon Orthel, Ernest
Vietor, Helmut Paulsen, Ignace lilien, Salmhofer, Hindemith, Junk,
Webern, Thiele, Rihm, Martino, Genzmer, Mittler, Schreker, and Schoenberg.
Just for a start.
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ve...@riffle.Stanford.EDU (Francois Velde) writes:
[deletia]
>Lukas Foss, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Riccardo Malipiero, Darius
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How many composers are there named Malipiero? If I recall correctly (not
guaranteed) the one I know is named Gianfrancesco, not Riccardo.
len.
Ralph Hartsock 2860
>ve...@riffle.Stanford.EDU (Francois Velde) writes:
>[deletia]
>>Lukas Foss, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Riccardo Malipiero, Darius
Search online catalogs using the subject:
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926 -- Musical settings.
Rautavaara, Einojuhani; Straesser, Joep; Geller, Timothy;
Nono, Luigi; Levi, Paul Alan; Perle, George; Nordheim, Arne;
Medek, Tilo, 1940-; Badings, Henk, 1907-; Binkerd, Gordon, 1916-;
Rochberg, George; Martin, Frank, 1890-1974; Martino, Donald, 1931-;
Hindemith, Paul; Webern, Anton, 1883-1945; Ussachevsky, Vladimir.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>How many composers are there named Malipiero? If I recall correctly (not
>guaranteed) the one I know is named Gianfrancesco, not Riccardo.
>len.
According to _Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians_, Gian Francesco
was the grandson of Francesco and uncle of Riccardo. All were composers.
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Francois Velde
:
: ve...@riffle.Stanford.EDU (Francois Velde) writes:
:
: [deletia]
:
: >Lukas Foss, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Riccardo Malipiero, Darius
:
: How many composers are there named Malipiero? If I recall correctly (not
: guaranteed) the one I know is named Gianfrancesco, not Riccardo.
The one called Riccardo was born in 1914. Gianfrancesco was born in 1882
and died in 1973.
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Francois Velde
Johns Hopkins University
ve...@jhu.edu
Scott Inglett
|>
|> Rautavaara, Einojuhani; Straesser, Joep; Geller, Timothy;
|> Nono, Luigi; Levi, Paul Alan; Perle, George; Nordheim, Arne;
|> Medek, Tilo, 1940-; Badings, Henk, 1907-; Binkerd, Gordon, 1916-;
|> Rochberg, George; Martin, Frank, 1890-1974; Martino, Donald, 1931-;
|> Hindemith, Paul; Webern, Anton, 1883-1945; Ussachevsky, Vladimir.
|>
|> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is there some WWW site available that I might use to obtain more info about Rautavaara?
I've applied for telnet access so that I can get to the UC library info. But I won't be
able to do so for a few days yet.
I have Rautavaara's Cantacus Arcticus and Symphony #5 on cd. The first of these two is a
Concerto for Birds and Orchestra (taped bird song is included as part of the composition).
Both are quite beautiful. Just thinking of a line from Rilke's first Elegie:
"Don't you know yet? Fling the emptiness out of your arms into the spaces we breathe;
perhaps the birds will feel the expanded air with more passionate flying."
The liner for the cd says very little about both pieces. Either would make
a perfect setting for reading the Elegies.
--
-Scott
Francois Velde
: Forgive me if this is an obvious question; I am (admittedly) not too
: knowlegeable of classical music. Anyway, I really love the poems of
: Rilke, especially the Duino Elegies, and I was wondering if any composer
: had ever written a musical setting of these beautiful words.
One way to find out is to telnet to melvyl.berkely.edu, the public
access catalog of the UC libraries, which is simple to use. The
command: FI PA RILKE AND FORM SCORE yields about 50 works by composers
ranging from Sanuel Barber to Egon Wellesz, including David Diamond,
Lukas Foss, Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Riccardo Malipiero, Darius
Milhaud, Luigi Nono, Arnold Schoenberg and more.
The only record containing the word Duino turns out to be:
Rochberg, George.
[Quartets, strings, no. 2.]
String quartet no. 2, with soprano / George Rochberg ; text from 9th
Duino elegy, by Rainer Maria Rilke ; translated by Harry Behn. Bryn Mawr,
Pa. : T. Presser Co., 1971.
Frans Curvers
> Subject: Rilke's poems ever set to music?
> Forgive me if this is an obvious question; I am (admittedly) not too
> knowlegeable of classical music. Anyway, I really love the poems of
> Rilke, especially the Duino Elegies, and I was wondering if any
> composer had ever written a musical setting of these beautiful words.
> Thanks,
> Lena k...@u.washington.edu
All answers I have seen so far didn't mention "Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des
Cornets Christoph Rilke" by the Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890-1974). I have
a wonderful recording on Philips 442 535-2 by Jard van Nes, contralto, and the
New Sinfonietta Amsterdam conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw.
Actually 'The Cornet' is not poetry, but a novella of 23 short chapters, but
the text is so poetic I wouldn't worry about the difference. The CD comes with
the German text and the English translation.
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Richard Mix
Max Davies counts some unpublished Rilke settings among the sins
of his youth and seemed to have struck a nerve with his Berkeley
audience- I myself started on the Sonnets to Orpheus as a teenager.
To the list add Feldman (Only for solo v) and several Finnish composers
in a new anthology at the UCB library- I think Rautavara was among them.
Richard Mix, em...@netcom.com
Lawrence Snyder (ldsn...@wheel.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
: Composers who have set Rilke to music include Berg, Prohaska, Alma
TWMartin
Bernie Wynne
>From: twma...@aol.com (TWMartin)
>Subject: Re: Rilke's poems ever set to music?
>Date: 9 Jun 1995 00:21:43 -0400
>Hindemith also composed "Das Marienleben" after Rilke.
I didn't see the start of this thread, so I may be repeating info already
given.
In addition to the Hindemith, Frank Martin set <Die Weise von Liebe und Tod
des Cornets Chhristoph Rilke> for soprano and piano [it's on Wergo with
Marjana Lipovsek].
One of Berg's <Seven Early Songs> is a setting of <Die Nachtigall> from
<Traumgekroent>.
I am consumed with curiosity to hear of more!
BMW
LEOCAPRI
setting for hi voice of Rilke's poem Herbst, translated into English by
Harry Duncan.
Richard Black
Melodies Passageres of 1950, written for Poulenc and Bernac?
Theo Vosse
: In addition to the Hindemith, Frank Martin set <Die Weise von Liebe und Tod
: Marjana Lipovsek].
Minor correction: the piece was written for soprano/alto and (chamber) orchestra.
There are multiple recordings of it, but I truly recommend the one by the
Dutch "New Sinfonietta Amsterdam" conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw and sung
by Jard van Nes. The singing is wonderful, and the orchestra really knows
how to accompany a singer. It is brilliant.
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Theo Vosse
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Unit for Experimental Psychology
University of Leiden
The Netherlands
Brian & Melinda
"How it Thrills Us" by American composer Libby Larsen. It was
quite challenging and quite lovely.
--Melinda
matthew fitzsimons
Der Tod des Dichters and SchulB-Stuck the other settings are by Lorca and Apollinare