by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927)
Translation © by Carol Barnett (b. 1949)
Cicada
Language: English after the English
Rubbing its wings incessantly [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Carol Barnett (b. 1949), copyright © [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927), "The Cricket"
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 101a
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 (b. 1949), "Cicada", 2007, copyright © 2007 [ mezzo-soprano, soprano saxophone, double bass, vibraphone or marimba ], from Sappho Fragments, no. 2
Score: Carol Barnett [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 15