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Seven Lyrics from Sappho

Song Cycle by David Maslanka (1943 - 2017)

2. With his venom  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
With his venom
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 130
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3. Pain
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Pain penetrates
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), no title, appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 61, copyright ©

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  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 37
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7. Tell me  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Out of all
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), "Tell me", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 58, copyright © [an adaptation]

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  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), appears in Fragments, no. 1
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Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Sappho; A New Translation, University of California Press, 2019


Total word count: 34
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