Sieben Lieder der Sappho

Song Cycle by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017)

1. Fragment

Language: Aeolic Greek 
Lelath allonia sean tiradä
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Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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Note: this transliteration is the one used in Killmayer's setting. We have not located the original Greek yet.

2. Traumlied  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Aeolic Greek 
ζὰ δ' ἐλεξάμαν ὄναρ Κυπρογενηα

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Transliteration used in Killmayer's setting: "Za t'elexamän onar"

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

3. Esper hymaenaon

Language: Aeolic Greek 
Esper hymaenaon
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Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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4. Asteres  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Aeolic Greek 
Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν
ἂψ ἀπυκρύπτοισι φάεννον εἶδος,
ὄπποτα πλήθοισα μάλιστα λάμπῃ
γᾶν 

[ἐπὶ πᾶσαν] ... 
  ἀργυρία ...

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 34

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Note: this is often referred to as Sappho Fragment 4 D.

Note: the transliteration of the incipit used in Killmayer's setting is: "Asteres men amfi kalan selannan"


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

5. Der Apfel  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Aeolic Greek 
οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ’ ὔσδῳ,
ἄκρον ἐπ’ ἀκροτάτῳ, λελάθοντο δὲ μαλοδρόπηες·
οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντ’, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐδύναντ’ ἐπίκεσθαι.
 
οἴαν τὰν ὐάκινθον ἐν ὤρεσι ποίμενες ἄνδρες
πόσσι καταστείβοισι, χάμαι δέ τε πόρφυρον ἄνθος . . .

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 105

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Translation of incipit used in Killmayer's setting: "Oion to glykymalon"

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

6. Dedyke men a salanna  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Aeolic Greek 
Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληίαδες· μέσσαι δὲ
νύκτες, πάρα δʹ ἔρχετʹ ὤρα·
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title

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Note: this is often referred to as Sappho Fragment 94 D.


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

7. Mnasesthai  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Aeolic Greek 
μνάσασθαί τινά φαιμι †καὶ ἕτερον† ἀμμέων

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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Partial transliteration used in Killmayer's setting: "Mnasesthai tina faim"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 82