Sechs Gedichte von R.M. Rilke

His hometown Lemberg, in the Ukraine known as Lviv, and in Poland as Lwów, has a history of occupation by shifting powers. This is why the Germans had trouble figuring out Ignace Lilien's real identity; he survived the war with forged documents. He worked as a chemical engineer, but that didn’t stop him from composing a large oeuvre. His life was as varied as his music, with influences ranging from Polish modernism to South American rhythms and timbres. by Frans van Ruth location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 009/146.01 Six poems by R.M. Rilke for low or middle voice and piano 1. Herbst 2. Vor lauter Lauschen 3. Die Nacht des Zweifels 4. Wiener Walzer 5. In Weinblattdämmer 6. O wenn mein Herz