Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς, ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ’ Αὔως, φέρῃς ὄιν, φέρῃς αἶγα, φέρεις ἄπυ μάτερι παῖδα.
Text Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [an adaptation] ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
- Also set in English, a translation by James Stephens (1882 - 1950) , "Hesperus", appears in Songs from the Clay, first published 1915 [an adaptation] ; composed by Frederick M. May.
- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) , no title, appears in The Secret of Death with some collected poems, first published 1885 ; composed by Clara Angela Macirone.
- Also set in English, a translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) , "Hesperus the Bringer" [an adaptation] ; composed by John Woods Duke.
- Also set in English, a translation by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929) , no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 14 ; composed by Ivor Gurney.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Raoul Schrott (b. 1964) , appears in Die Erfindung der Poesie, first published 1997, copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 4 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik, Johann Friedrich Reichardt.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet)
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-04
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Word count: 15
Lieblicher Abendstern, Alles bringst du, bringest Wein, Bringst Freud' und Freunde, Bringst der Mutter ein Bübchen, Und was bringst du mir?
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Confirmed with J. G. von Herder's Ausgewählte Werke in einem Bande, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1844, page 331.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Lieblicher Abendstern" [ voice and piano ], from Lied der Sappho , no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Lieblicher Abendstern", published 1798 [ vocal duet with piano or harpsichord ], from Wiegenlieder für gute deutsche Mütter, no. 13, Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer der Jüngern [sung text checked 1 time]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2018-12-03
Line count: 5
Word count: 21