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Mein Leben ist nicht diese steile Stunde
for counter-tenor, two tenors, baritone and bass
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About
The Book of Hours is a collection of poetry by the Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). It established Rilke as a major religious poet in the neo-Romantic tradition. This text is from the opening section of the collection: The Book of Monastic Life.
Commissioned note
Written for Ensemble Nobiles, Leipzig, Germany
Text note
Text by Rainer Maria Rilke