Die Wand

Book Playlist

Die Wand Playlist

by Marlen Haushofer

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 22, 2026

This playlist follows the unnamed woman’s passage from bewilderment and grief into the practical, solitary rhythms of life beyond the Wall: the instrumental opening moves between alpine spaciousness, fragile reflection, and the steady work of survival. The vocal half brings in songs about estrangement, self-reliance, animals, and the pull of the natural world, with a few German-language selections to echo the book’s Austrian setting and the woman’s written record of her days.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Morning Mood

Edvard Grieg · Morning Mood

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2

Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

Gustav Mahler · Mahler: Symphony No.5

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3

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei

Robert Schumann · Schumann: Kinderszenen; Kreisleriana

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4

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Edward Elgar · Elgar

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5

Adagio in G Minor

Tomaso Albinoni · Adagio in G Minor

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6

Untitled #3 - Samskeyti

Sigur Rós · ( )

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7

Perpetuum Mobile

Penguin Cafe Orchestra · Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

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8

Together We Will Live Forever

Clint Mansell · The Fountain OST

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9

The Gravel Road (from "The Village")

James Newton Howard · Imitation Games Vol.4

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10

A Model of the Universe

Jóhann Jóhannsson · The Theory of Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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11

An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno · Ascent

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12

Holocene

Bon Iver · Bon Iver, Bon Iver

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13

The Stable Song

Gregory Alan Isakov · That Sea, The Gambler

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14

My Silver Lining

First Aid Kit · Stay Gold

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15

Song To The Siren

This Mortal Coil · Lilliput

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16

Into My Arms

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · The Boatman's Call (2011 - Remaster)

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17

Blackbird - Remastered 2009

The Beatles · The Beatles (Remastered 2009)

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18

The River

Bruce Springsteen · The River

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19

Über den Wolken

Reinhard Mey · Die großen Erfolge

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20

Der Weg

Herbert Grönemeyer · Was Muss Muss - Best Of

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