The elegies speak to a part of my im not entirely well versed in poetry, but this collection, centered mainly on the themes of transformation and limitations and natures role in those processes in our lives, was a beautiful thing to read out. Rainer maria rilke, the complete french poems of rainer maria rilke. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Translation by joanna macy and anita barrows, reprinted here. His eight vocal cycles and two collectionsles chansons des roses rilke, midwinter songs graves. Yet the french poems are entirely of a piece with rilkes characteristic themes, subjects, moods, and images.
Chanson eloignee by morten lauridsen 1943 octavo sheet. Rainer maria rilke poems, quotations and biography on rainer maria rilke poet page. Morten lauridsen chanson eloignee distant song, a choral piece composed in 2006. Mar 22, 2019 o holy night the kings singers and the mormon tabernacle choir duration. Faber new choral works introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. As the composer describes it in his lucid program notes, it expresses the yearning of a heart for song and for love, and what it means to be given the gift of singing. In the last years of his life, rilke wrote hundreds of poems in french. He left for switzerland in 1938, to stay with friends, and would eventually travel to the united states and become a citizen. Les chansons des roses hyperion records cds, mp3 and. His early poems show the influence of the german folk song tradition and have. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus.
He lived the last years of his life in switzerland, where he completed his two. Abandon entoure dabandon, tendresse touchant aux tendresses. He created the object poem as an attempt to describe with utmost clarity physical objects, the silence of their concentrated reality. Nov 20, 2015 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Rilke 18751926 was considered one of the greatest german lyric poets of his day. Diraiton so they say from les chansons des roses hal. Read all poems of rainer maria rilke and infos about rainer maria rilke. Marilyn mccabe is poet and essayist and an old friend, part of the greenfield crowd, a. Named for the castle of duino, on a rocky headland of the adriatic, the duino elegies speaks in a voice that is both intimate and majestic on the mysteries of human life and our attempt, in the words of the translator, to use our selfconsciousness to some advantage. This wonderful little poem poses a series of questions and the corresponding musical phrases. I dont know if ive chosen the proper book format so that people can easily comment, but that may be able to be changed once the item is established, well see. Check out american voices by john alexander singers on amazon music. Diraiton spec sheet earl rigsbys digital portfolio. The tabernacle choir at temple square recommended for you.
Rilkes poetry is often multilayered and frequently ambiguous, forcing his reader to use his or her own imagination to grasp the text. Among his other books of poems are the book of images and the book of hours. Chanson eloignee text by rainer maria rilke music by morten lauridsen ce soir mon c. While in switzerland during this transitional period, he wrote this a cappella work based on french poems by rainer maria rilke 18751926. Morten johannes lauridsen born february 27, 1943 is an american composer. Les chansons des roses lauridsen from cda67580 hyperion. Rene karl wilhelm johann josef maria rilke 4 december 1875 29 december 1926, better known as rainer maria rilke german. In addition to his vast output of german poetry, rainer maria rilke 18751926 composed nearly 400 poems in french. If the creation of the midwinter songs was the result of the composers close reading of the works of a british poet, the origin of les chansons des roses 1993 stems from lauridsens abiding love of the poetry of rainer maria rilke. It isnt a very ambitious translation, but i found it to be such a beautiful poem that i didnt want to mess around with it too much just be faithful to it yes, i know its a poem, not a relationship. Musixmatch for spotify and itunes is now available for your. Aside from poems written in his native tongue of german, rilke created a substantial body of french verse.
Chanson eloignee morten lauridsen philippine madrigal. Mar 10, 2011 engellieder, fruhe gedichte chants angeliques, nouveaux poemes rainer maria rilke. Rainer maria rilke rainer maria rilke poems poem hunter. As a povertystricken horseman, his life was very difficult, even to the point of being forced to choose between feeding or clothing his children. Rainer maria rilke rilke, rainer maria, 18751926 the. He left for switzerland in 1938, to stay with friends, and would eventually travel to the united. Rilkes stunningly beautiful texts for chanson eloignee. His seven major vocal cyclesles chansons des roses rilke, midwinter songs graves. Chanson eloignee, 2006, satb chorus, 7, morten lauridsen. Rilke18751926 was considered one of the greatest german lyric poets of his day. This website began in 1995 as a personal project by emily ezust, who has been working on it fulltime without a salary since 2008.
Life of a poet is devoted to the careful reenactment of the difficult relationship between rilke s life and his art. In this outstanding biography, ralph freedman traces rilkes extraordinary career by combining detailed accounts of salient episodes from the poets restless life with an intimate reading of the verse and prose that refract them. Lauridsen was commissioned by the pacific chorale directed by john. My translation of rainer maria rilkes song i translated this french poem by rainer maria rilke some time ago. Then theres chanson eloignee, a captivating rilke setting that i heard here for the first time. As poulin notes in his preface to the complete french poems. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Morten lauridsens nocturnes addresses aspects of the common theme of night in arrangements for accompanied satb chorus. Love song by rainer maria rilke famous poems, famous poets. The french lyrics are small poems of careful attentiveness to the things of this world and to the elusive states of being in which the world is poetically transformed. Yet the french poems are entirely of a piece with rilke s characteristic themes, subjects, moods, and images.
Of his chanson eloignee, a 2006 setting of a poem by. Recordings of morten lauridsens compositions are featured regularly on radio broadcasts throughout the united states, and he is a frequent interview guest on radio and television programs, including a recent kcet life and times program, the oft repeated national broadcast of a portrait of morten lauridsen on the first art. Vergers suivi dautres poemes francais by rainer maria rilke and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. O holy night the kings singers and the mormon tabernacle choir duration. Lauridsen chose to set a poem by rainer maria rilke having used works by the same author in his les chansons des roses and nocturnes and chose the text chanson eloignee distant song. American voices by john alexander singers on amazon music. Life of a poet is devoted to the careful reenactment of the difficult relationship between rilkes life and his art. Rainer maria rilke rilke, rainer maria, 18751926 an online book about this author is available, as is a wikipedia article rilke, rainer maria, 18751926.
He is widely recognized as one of the most lyrically intense germanlanguage poets. The book consists of interviews with the townspeople of a village in east suffolk, 90 miles north of london, including an 85yearold retired farmer named fred mitchell. In this landmark translation and commentary the national book awardwinning poet robert bly brings his prowess as translator and critic to bear on the work of the. In this outstanding biography, ralph freedman traces rilke s extraordinary career by combining detailed accounts of salient episodes from the poets restless life with an intimate reading of the verse and prose that refract them.
Rene karl wilhelm johann josef maria rilke german pronunciation. Not widely translated, they continue his meditations on and imaginings about the things of the world but in the fresh expression of this adopted language. Lauridsen chose to set a poem by rainer maria rilke having used works by the same author in his les chansons des roses and nocturnes and chose the text. I hope to complete my translation of the odd poems in my possession in the next few months. May 01, 2000 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Morten lauridsen on composing choral music, a chapter in the book contemporary.