by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927)
Like a mountain whirlwind
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Like a mountain whirlwind [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927), "The Blast of Love", appears in Sappho Poems: A New Version, copyright © 1998 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carol Barnett , "Whirlwind", 2007 [ mezzo-soprano, soprano saxophone, double bass, vibraphone or marimba ], from Sappho Fragments, no. 3
Score: Carol Barnett [external link]
Publisher: Carol Barnett [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929) , no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 31 [an adaptation] ; composed by Undine Eliza Anna Smith, as Undine Smith Moore.
- Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Alan Hovhaness.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Bach (1901 - 1957) ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-13
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Word count: 12