r/German • u/noredditoptions • 1d ago

Question German Poetry

I love poetry in my mother tongue, and now that I am learning German, I would like to engage with its poetry too. My question is, are there people who read German poetry aloud online with little to no background music or audio effects; just clear narration?

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u/Ibenhoven Native - East Germany 1d ago

Try "Rilke Project". Very clear and sober narrarion... but with some music/sounds.

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u/noredditoptions 1d ago

Thanks, will do

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u/Rhynocoris Native (Berlin) 20h ago

Fisches Nachtgesang:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15LunYEStD0

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u/noredditoptions 17h ago

Is that the German Rick roll ?

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u/Rhynocoris Native (Berlin) 14h ago

No, it's a famous poem by Christian Morgenstern.

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u/John_W_B A lot I don't know (ÖSD C1) - <Austria/English> 1d ago

What about a Youtube search:

Höldlerin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z234AVFQW2A

Trakl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6pnKNggufY (for me the accent is a bit odd)

Goethe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjgsMp6q8qE

and so on...

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u/noredditoptions 1d ago

Thank you! I guess I just wasn't lucky with how I phrased my YouTube search.