Texts by Sappho set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Σαπφώ

Ψάπφω

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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Ach die gliederlösende böse Liebe quält mich (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) ENG FRE ITA RUS - M. von Kralik
Ach die gliederlösende böse Liebe (Ach die gliederlösende böse Liebe quält mich) (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) - M. von Kralik ENG FRE ITA RUS
A Hymn to Venus (O Venus beauty of the skies) FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS
αἴθ' ἔγω, χρυσοστέφαν' Ἀφρόδιτα FRE RUS
à l’Aphrodita (Toi dont le trône est d’arc-en-ciel, immortelle Aphrodita) ENG ENG ENG ENG GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS
Alas! I shall be ever maiden
alle Sterne () - D. Hofmann [x] ⊗ *
Ἄλλ᾽ ὄνμὴ μαγαλύννεο δακτυλίω πέρι ENG FRE
Allons, charpentiers, relevez la poutre du toit RUS POL
Älthes, kal epoäsas (ἦλθες, †καλ’† ἐπόησας, ἔγω δέ σ’ ἐμαιόμαν) - W. Killmayer
A lyric (The vigil) (Hour by hour I sit) - W. Baines (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Ἀμφὶ δὲ ψῦχρον κελάδει δι' ὔσδων FRE RUS
An absent friend () - N. Rorem (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗ *
An Aphrodite (Golden thronend, ewige Aphrodite) - C. Loewe ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ENG ENG RUS
An Aphrodite (Ποικιλόθρον’ ἀθάνατ’, Ἀφρόδιτα) - C. Loewe ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS
An meinem bett stand sie (An meinem bett stand sie) (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ⊗ *
An meinem bett stand sie (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ⊗ *
Aphrodite! Listreiche Tochter des Zeus! (Aphrodite! Listreiche Tochter des Zeus!) - H. Reutter ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ENG ENG RUS
Aphrodite! Listreiche Tochter des Zeus! ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ENG ENG RUS - H. Reutter
Ἀρτίως μ' ἀ χρυσοπέδιλλος Αὔως ENG FRE
A Saffo : dalla I e II strofe Saffica [song cycle] () - A. Casagrande [x]
As o'er her loom the Lesbian maid FRE GER GER RUS GER POL - H. Pontet, C. Wood
As o'er her loom (As o'er her loom the Lesbian maid) - C. Wood FRE GER GER RUS GER POL
Asteres men amfi kalan selannan (Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν) - W. Killmayer ENG FRE GER GER SAN ENG
Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν ENG FRE GER GER SAN ENG - W. Killmayer
Asteres (Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν) - W. Killmayer ENG FRE GER GER SAN ENG
At my age/ Why does the swallow (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
At my age (At my age/ Why does the swallow) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
At the end of the bough, at the top of the tree (from Here are Ladies) FRE ITA - H. Spier (Sweet apple)
Ἄτθι, σοὶ δ' ἔμεθεν μεν ἀπήχθετο ENG ENG
À une femme aimée (Il me paraît égal aux dieux) ENG GER GER
À une jeune grecque (De la belle Timar c'est ici le tombeau) - C. Gounod ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG
Behold the dust of Timas dead FRE FRE - L. Berkeley
Beluju kozu prinesu ja v zhertvu = Белую козу принесу я в жертву (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) FRE FRE
Blazhenstvom raven tot bogam = Блаженством равен тот богам (Blazhenstvom raven tot bogam = Блаженством равен тот богам) - A. Razmadze
Blazhenstvom raven tot bogam = Блаженством равен тот богам - A. Razmadze
Bridal song (O fair, O lovely! As the sweet apple) - G. Bantock FRE ITA ⊗
But thou shalt ever lie dead GER RUS SAN SWE
But to thee, Atthis, the thought of me is hateful (Text: Anonymous after Sappho)
Chto, Kiprida, tvorit' = Что, Киприда, творить (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) ENG FRE ITA - A. Lourié (Плач по Адонису)
Daj, zlatovenechnaja Afrodita = Дай, златовенечная Афродита (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) FRE
das Aniskraut () - D. Hofmann ENG [x] *
Daughter of Zeus FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS - G. Bantock ⊗
Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER - W. Killmayer
Dedyke men a salanna (Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα) - W. Killmayer ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER
De la belle Timar c'est ici le tombeau ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG - C. Gounod
Delicate Adonis is dying, Cytherea; what shall we do? FRE ITA RUS
Der Apfel (Οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ᾽ ὔσδῳ) - W. Killmayer ENG FRE ITA ENG
Der mond in der dämmerung (Der mond in der dämmerung) (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ENG FRE ITA SAN ENG
Der mond in der dämmerung (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) ENG FRE ITA SAN ENG - A. Scartazzini
Der Mond ist schon hinunter (Der Mond ist schon hinunter) (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) - M. von Kralik ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE
Der Mond ist schon hinunter (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE - M. von Kralik
Devichij cvet! = Девичий цвет! (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ⊗
die Plejaden (Notturno) () - D. Hofmann ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE [x] *
Dieser morgen war (Dieser morgen war) (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ⊗ *
Dieser morgen war (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ⊗ *
Die sterne gehen wie kienspäne (Die sterne gehen wie kienspäne) (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ENG FRE SAN ENG *
Die sterne gehen wie kienspäne (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) ENG FRE SAN ENG - A. Scartazzini *
Dir gegenübersitzen darf ENG FRE FRE FRE (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) *
Docheri = Дочери (U menja li devochka = У меня ли девочка) GER
Do I still long for maidenhood?
Do thou, O Dica, set garlands upon thy lovely hair GER
Du!/ Unter Blumen auf goldenem Thron ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ENG ENG RUS - A. Reimann *
Ἐγὼ δὲ φίλημ' ἁβροσύναν, καί μοι . . . τὸ λαμπρὸν FRE RUS
E le Cretesi con armonia sui piedi leggeri cominciarono ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS
ἦλθες, †καλ’† ἐπόησας, ἔγω δέ σ’ ἐμαιόμαν - W. Killmayer
Enfants vous vous cachiez - J. Boisseau (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗
Enfants (Enfants vous vous cachiez) - J. Boisseau (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗
Épitaphe de la jeune Timas (Les cendres de la charmante Timas) ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG
Epitaph of Timas (Behold the dust of Timas dead) - L. Berkeley FRE FRE
ἦρ’ ἔτι παρθενίας ἐπιβάλλομαι ENG ENG
Ἔρος δ' ἐτίναξέ μοι ENG FRE ITA RUS
Ἔρος δηὖτέ μ' ὀ λυσιμέλης δόνει ENG FRE GER ITA RUS
Éros qui donne la douleur, Éros qui tisse les mensonges ENG ENG GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER - C. Chaynes (Text: Anonymous after Sappho)
Éros, qui donne la douleur (Éros qui donne la douleur, Éros qui tisse les mensonges) - C. Chaynes ENG ENG GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER (Text: Anonymous after Sappho)
`Eroticheskij otryvok = Эротический отрывок (Ja negu ljublju = Я негу люблю) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) - Эротический отрывки (Eroticheski otryvki)) - A. Lourié FRE
`Eroticheskij otryvok = Эротический отрывок (Mat' milaja! stanok = Мать милая! станок) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER GER POL
`Eroticheskij otryvok = Эротический отрывок (Na persjakh podrugi usni = На персях подруги усни) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ⊗
`Eroticheskij otryvok = Эротический отрывок (Opjat', strast'ju = Опять, страстью) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ENG FRE GER ITA
Erstorben wirst du liegen (Erstorben wirst du liegen) (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) - M. von Kralik ENG ENG RUS SAN SWE
Erstorben wirst du liegen (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) ENG ENG RUS SAN SWE - M. von Kralik
E scioglie le membra e le agita ENG FRE GER RUS
E soffro e desidero ENG FRE
Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς, ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ’ Αὔως ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER ITA (Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς) -
Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς (Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς) ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER ITA
Esper hymaenaon (Esper hymaenaon) - W. Killmayer [x]
Esper hymaenaon - W. Killmayer [x]
ἔστι μοι κάλα πάις χρυσίοισιν ἀνθέμοισιν GER RUS
Evening song (Evening,/ thou bringest all that bright morning scattered) - G. Bantock FRE GER GER ITA
Evening,/ thou bringest all that bright morning scattered FRE GER GER ITA - G. Bantock
Evening, thou that bringest FRE GER GER ITA
Experience shows us (Experience shows us) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
Experience shows us (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
Fainetai moi kynos (Φαίνεταί μοι κῆνοσ ἴͅσοσ θέοισιν) - W. Killmayer ENG FRE FRE FRE GER GER
Fanciullezza, fanciullezza - C. Benati
Fanciullezza (Fanciullezza, fanciullezza) - C. Benati
Flowers for the Graces () - N. Rorem (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗ *
For Love masters my limbs and shakes me FRE GER ITA RUS
Fragment (Lelath allonia sean tiradä) - W. Killmayer [x]
Gimn Afrodite = Гимн Афродите ( = ) - A. Simon ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER ENG ENG [x]
Gimnicheskij otryvok = Гимнический отрывок (Kritjanki, pod gimn = Критянки, под гимн) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ENG ENG FRE ITA
Glittering-throned, undying Aphrodite FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS (Ode to Aphrodite) -
γλύκηα μᾶτερ, οὔτοι δύναμαι κρέκην τὸν ἴστον ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER RUS GER POL
Golden thronend, ewige Aphrodite ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ENG ENG RUS - C. Loewe
Gongyla, Gongyla, Gongyla, si je te vois un instant - C. Chaynes (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Gongyla, Gongyla, si je te vois un instant (Gongyla, Gongyla, Gongyla, si je te vois un instant) - C. Chaynes (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Gottgesegnet, nah den Himmlischen, mag er sein, jener Mann ENG FRE FRE FRE - A. Reimann *
Gottgesegnet, nah den Himmlischen ENG FRE FRE FRE *
Hesperos du bist der hirte des abends (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA - A. Scartazzini *
Hesperos du bist der (Hesperos du bist der hirte des abends) (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA *
Hesperus, bringing together (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) FRE GER GER ITA - I. Gurney
Hesperus brings all things back (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) FRE GER GER ITA - C. Macirone
Hesperus the Bringer (O Hesperus, thou bringest all good things) FRE GER GER ITA
Hespérus, tu apportes avec toi tous les bonheurs : ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GER GER ITA
Hesperus (Hesperus, bringing together) (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney FRE GER GER ITA
Hesperus (Hesperus brings all things back) (from The Secret of Death with some collected poems) - C. Macirone FRE GER GER ITA
Hesperus (O Hesperus, thou bringest all good things) - J. Duke FRE GER GER ITA
Hesperus (Upon the sober sky thy robes are spread) (from Songs from the Clay) - F. May FRE GER GER ITA
Heureuse ici près de toi () - G. Donizetti (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗
Heureux celui qui près de toi soupire ENG GER GER - G. Spontini
Hinunter ist schon der Mond (Hinunter ist schon der Mond) - H. Reutter ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE
Hinunter ist schon der Mond ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE - H. Reutter
Hour by hour I sit - W. Baines (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Hymenaon () - A. Hundziak FRE RUS [x] *
Hymn to Aphrodite (Daughter of Zeus) - G. Bantock FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS ⊗
I cannot weave as once I wove (As o'er her loom the Lesbian maid) - H. Pontet FRE GER GER RUS GER POL
Ich kann nicht süsse Mutter (Ich kann nicht, süße Mutter) (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) - M. von Kralik ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS POL
Ich kann nicht, süße Mutter (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS POL - M. von Kralik
Ich kann nicht weben ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS POL (Liebespein) -
If you are squeamish (If you are squeamish) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
If you are squeamish (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
I hear that Andromeda (I hear that Andromeda) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes *
I hear that Andromeda (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes *
Il me paraît égal aux dieux ENG GER GER (À une femme aimée) -
Il me paraît l’égal des Dieux ENG GER GER (Ode à une Femme aimée) -
I loved thee, Atthis, in the long ago (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - J. Coulthard ⊗
I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago (I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago) - G. Bantock ⊗
I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago - G. Bantock ⊗
I love thee, Atthis, in the long ago (I loved thee, Atthis, in the long ago) (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - J. Coulthard ⊗
In a dream, I spake with the daughter of Cyprus - G. Bantock ⊗
In a dream I spake with the daughter of Cyprus FRE ITA
In a dream, I spake (In a dream, I spake with the daughter of Cyprus) - G. Bantock ⊗
In der mitte des tages (In der mitte des tages) (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ⊗ *
In der mitte des tages (from Die Erfindung der Poesie) - A. Scartazzini ⊗ *
In gold sandals FRE - C. McTee *
In old days Kretan girls danced FRE ITA RUS *
Invito all'Eràno (Venite al tempio sacro delle vergini) - G. Petrassi ⊗
Invocation to Aphrodite (Ποικιλόθρον’ ἀθάνατ’, Ἀφρόδιτα) - C. Hatzis, J. Plant ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS
Io lungamente ho parlato in sogno con Afrodite ENG ENG FRE - L. Dallapiccola
Io lungamente (Io lungamente ho parlato in sogno con Afrodite) - L. Dallapiccola ENG ENG FRE
ἴψοι δὴ τὸ μέλαθρον FRE RUS POL
I shall be ever maiden (I shall be ever maiden) (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
I shall be ever maiden (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
I yearn and seek .. FRE ITA
Iz svadebnykh pesen = Из свадебных песен (Devichij cvet! = Девичий цвет!) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ⊗
Iz svadebnykh pesen = Из свадебных песен (Kak milovidna ty! = Как миловидна ты!) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié
Iz svadebnykh pesen = Из свадебных песен (Strojte krovel'ku vyshe — = Стройте кровельку выше —) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié FRE POL
Ja negu ljublju = Я негу люблю (Ja negu ljublju = Я негу люблю) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) - Эротический отрывки (Eroticheski otryvki)) - V. Shebalin FRE
Ja negu ljublju = Я негу люблю (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) - Эротический отрывки (Eroticheski otryvki)) FRE - A. Lourié, V. Shebalin
Ja tvoi dela velichala liroj; = Я твои дела величала лирой; (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) ⊗
καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι .. ENG FRE ITA
Kak milovidna ty! = Как миловидна ты! (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα ENG ENG GER RUS SAN SWE
Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος Ἄδωνις∙ τί κε θεῖμεν ENG FRE ITA RUS (Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος) -
Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος Ἄδωνις∙ τί κε ENG FRE ITA RUS (Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος) -
Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος (Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος Ἄδωνις∙ τί κε θεῖμεν) ENG FRE ITA RUS
κέλομαί σε (κέλομαί σε) ITA
Komm, o Cypris, komm mit deinem (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) - M. von Kralik
Komm, o Cypris (Komm, o Cypris, komm mit deinem) (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) - M. von Kralik
Κρῆσσαί νύ ποτ’ ὦδ’ ἐμμελέως πόδεσσιν ENG ENG FRE ITA RUS
Kritjanki, pod gimn = Критянки, под гимн (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) ENG ENG FRE ITA - A. Lourié
La lune et les Pléiades sont déjà couchées : ENG ENG GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER
L'amour agite mon cœur ENG ITA RUS
L'Aurore à la chaussure d'or paraît déjà à l'horizon ENG
Leave Krete and come to this holy temple - C. McTee ⊗ *
Lelath allonia sean tiradä - W. Killmayer [x]
Les cendres de la charmante Timas ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG (Épitaphe de la jeune Timas) -
Les étoiles cachent leurs feux brillants ENG GER GER SAN ENG
Liebespein (Ich kann nicht weben) ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS POL
Liebespein (Nein, süsse Mutter,/ Ich kann nicht weben) - R. Barth ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS POL (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x]
Lieblicher Abendstern (Lieblicher Abendstern) (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) - M. von Kralik, J. Reichardt ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA
Lieblicher Abendstern (from Stimmen der Völker in Liedern - 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd - 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho) ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA - M. von Kralik, J. Reichardt
Lonely night (Once you lay upon my bosom) - I. Gurney ⊗
Love let the wind cry on the dark mountain (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) GER ⊗
Love let the wind cry (Love let the wind cry) (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - U. Smith GER ⊗
Love let the wind cry (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) GER - U. Smith ⊗
Love shakes my soul, like a mountain wind (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
Love shakes my soul (Love shakes my soul, like a mountain wind) (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
Love () - N. Rorem (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗ *
Ma a me non ape, non miele ENG FRE
Mädchenlied () - J. Suder (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗
Mateńko moja słodka () - A. Hundziak ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER RUS GER [x] *
Mat' milaja! stanok = Мать милая! станок (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER GER POL - A. Lourié
μήτε μοι μέλι μήτε μέλισσα ENG FRE ITA
Mir erblüht ein schönes Mädchen RUS - E. Melartin (Mutterfreude)
Mitte der Nächte, vergeht die Stunde ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) *
μνάσασθαί τινά φαιμι †καὶ ἕτερον† ἀμμέων - W. Killmayer
Mnasesthai (μνάσασθαί τινά φαιμι †καὶ ἕτερον† ἀμμέων) - W. Killmayer
Mother, I cannot mind my wheel (Mother, I cannot mind my wheel) (from Simonidea) - S. Barber, H. Barlow, C. Burleigh, J. Edmunds, G. Foote, O. Morawetz, A. Paucker, N. Rorem FRE GER GER RUS GER POL
Mother, I cannot mind my wheel (from Simonidea) FRE GER GER RUS GER POL - S. Barber, H. Barlow, C. Burleigh, J. Edmunds, G. Foote, O. Morawetz, A. Paucker, N. Rorem
Muore il tenero Adone, o Citerea ENG ENG FRE RUS - L. Dallapiccola
Muore il tenero Adone (Muore il tenero Adone, o Citerea) - L. Dallapiccola ENG ENG FRE RUS
Muse of the golden throne, O raise that strain - G. Bantock ⊗
Muse of the golden throne (Muse of the golden throne, O raise that strain) - G. Bantock ⊗
Mutterfreude (Mir erblüht ein schönes Mädchen) - E. Melartin RUS
nachtdunkel () - D. Hofmann [x] ⊗ *
Na persjakh podrugi usni = На персях подруги усни (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ⊗
När en gång du är död ligger du glömd ENG ENG GER RUS SAN - S. Björklund
När en gång (När en gång du är död ligger du glömd) - S. Björklund ENG ENG GER RUS SAN
Ne duby, naletev = Не дубы, налетев (Ne duby, naletev = Не дубы, налетев) - V. Shebalin ENG FRE ITA
Ne duby, naletev = Не дубы, налетев ENG FRE ITA - V. Shebalin
Nein, süsse Mutter,/ Ich kann nicht weben ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS POL - R. Barth (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x]
Neither honey nor bee for me FRE ITA
Nightingale, with your - C. McTee ⊗ *
Night (The moon/ The pleiades have set) - N. Rorem FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER (Text: Anonymous after Sappho)
Now Eros shakes my soul FRE ITA RUS
Now in my/ heart I - C. McTee ⊗ *
Now in my heart I see clearly ⊗ *
Now Love masters my limbs and shakes me FRE GER ITA RUS
Ode amatoria (Φαίνεταί μοι κῆνοσ ἴͅσοσ θέοισιν) - J. Novák ENG FRE FRE FRE GER GER
Ode à une Femme aimée (Il me paraît l’égal des Dieux) ENG GER GER
Ode to Aphrodite (Glittering-throned, undying Aphrodite) FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS
O fair, O lovely! As the sweet apple FRE ITA - G. Bantock ⊗
Of course I love you (from Sappho: A New Translation) ⊗ *
O Hesperus, thou bringest all good things FRE GER GER ITA - J. Duke (Hesperus the Bringer)
Οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ᾽ ὔσδῳ ENG FRE ITA ENG - W. Killmayer
O kala o chariessa kora (ὦ κάλα, ὦ χαρίεσσα κόρα) - W. Killmayer
ὦ κάλα, ὦ χαρίεσσα κόρα - W. Killmayer
O mia Gongila, ti prego ENG - L. Dallapiccola
O mia Gongila (O mia Gongila, ti prego) - L. Dallapiccola ENG
Once you lay upon my bosom - I. Gurney ⊗
Opjat', strast'ju = Опять, страстью (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) ENG FRE GER ITA - A. Lourié
...ὀρράνοθεν ...κατίοισα GER
Oscuro è il ciel (Oscuro è il ciel;) - I. Pizzetti ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER RUS SAN SPA SWE GER
Oscuro è il ciel; ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER RUS SAN SPA SWE GER - I. Pizzetti
Oto rozkwita mi () - A. Hundziak [x] ⊗ *
οὐδ' ἴαν δοκίμωμι προσίδοισαν φάος ἀλίω - W. Killmayer
Οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄττι θέω, δύο μοι τὰ νοήματα ENG FRE
O Venus beauty of the skies FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS (A Hymn to Venus) -
Ozhidanije = Ожидание (Uzh mesjac zashel; Plejady — = Уж месяц зашел; Плеяды —) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA SAN SWE GER
Παρθενία, παρθενία ITA
Parting () - N. Rorem (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗
Peer of gods he seems, who sits in thy presence - G. Bantock ⊗
Peer of gods he seems (Peer of gods he seems, who sits in thy presence) - G. Bantock ⊗
People do gossip (from Sappho: A New Translation) *
Φαίνεταί μοι κῆνοσ ἴͅσοσ θέοισιν ENG FRE FRE FRE GER GER - W. Killmayer, J. Novák
Φαῖσι δή ποτα Λήδαν ὐακινθίνων ENG
Piena splendeva la luna ENG ENG FRE GER GER SAN ENG
Plach po Adonisu = Плач по Адонису (Chto, Kiprida, tvorit' = Что, Киприда, творить) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié ENG FRE ITA
Plejaderna sjunkit och ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN GER - S. Björklund
Plejaderna (Plejaderna sjunkit och) - S. Björklund ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN GER
Πλήρης μὲν ἐφαίνετ’ ἀ σελάννα ENG FRE GER GER ITA SAN ENG
Poikilothron athanat' Afrodita (Ποικιλόθρον’ ἀθάνατ’, Ἀφρόδιτα) - W. Killmayer ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS
Ποικιλόθρον’ ἀθάνατ’, Ἀφρόδιτα ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS - C. Hatzis, W. Killmayer, C. Loewe, J. Plant
Ποικιλόθρον’ ἀθάνατ’ ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS
Quale dolce mela che su alto ENG FRE ENG - C. Benati
Quale dolce mela (Quale dolce mela che su alto) - C. Benati ENG FRE ENG
ρανοθεν κατιοθ[σ GER
Rich as you are/ Death will finish/ you: (from Sappho: A New Translation) GER RUS SAN SWE *
Rich as you are (Rich as you are) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes GER RUS SAN SWE *
Rich as you are (from Sappho: A New Translation) GER RUS SAN SWE - E. Hudes *
Romance traduite de Sapho (Heureux celui qui près de toi soupire) - G. Spontini ENG GER GER
Sad Nimf = Сад Нимф (Vkrug peshchery Nimf, zatajennoj, vlaga = Вкруг пещеры Нимф, затаенной, влага) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - A. Lourié FRE
Sapphische Ode (Wenn dein Aug' in herzlicher Freude strahlet) - H. Reinhardt (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗
Sapphische Ode (Wenn du nahst, leichtfüßiger als die Horen) (from Gereimte sapphische Oden) - E. Behm ⊗
Sappho's prayer to Aphrodite () - M. Lang FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x]
Sappho, when some fool (Sappho, when some fool) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes FRE *
Sappho, when some fool (from Sappho: A New Translation) FRE - E. Hudes *
Scuote amore ilmio cuore come vento sui monti s’abbatte su quercie - I. Pizzetti [x] ⊗
Scuote amore il mio cuore (Scuote amore ilmio cuore come vento sui monti s’abbatte su quercie) - I. Pizzetti [x] ⊗
Scuote l'anima mia Eros ENG FRE RUS
Seelenlos liegt dereinst da (Seelenlos liegt dereinst da) - H. Reutter ENG ⊗
Seelenlos liegt dereinst da ENG - H. Reutter ⊗
Shimmering-throned immortal Aphrodite FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS
Singet, ihr Mädchen, das Lied (Singet, ihr Mädchen, das Lied) - H. Reutter ENG ⊗
Singet, ihr Mädchen, das Lied ENG - H. Reutter ⊗
Σκιδναμένασ ἐν στήθεσιν ὄργασ ENG ENG FRE
Softer than the hill-fog to the forest (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
Soft was the wind in the beech-trees (Soft was the wind in the beech-trees) (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
Soft was the wind in the beech-trees (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
Σοὶ δ' ἔγω λεύκας ἐπὶ βῶμον αἶγος FRE RUS
Σοί χάριεν μέν είδος, οππατα δ’.. RUS
Srok nastanet: v zemle = Срок настанет: в земле ENG ENG GER SAN SWE - V. Shebalin
Srok nastanet = Срок настанет (Srok nastanet: v zemle = Срок настанет: в земле) - V. Shebalin ENG ENG GER SAN SWE
Stand face to face, friend (Stand face to face, friend) - G. Bantock ⊗
Stand face to face, friend - G. Bantock ⊗
Strange to say (Strange to say) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
Strange to say (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
Strojte krovel'ku vyshe — = Стройте кровельку выше — (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) FRE POL - A. Lourié
Σὺ δὲ στεφάνοισ, α Δίκα περθέσαθ᾽ ἐράταισ φόβαισιν ENG GER
Sweet apple (At the end of the bough, at the top of the tree) (from Here are Ladies) - H. Spier FRE ITA
Sweet Mother, I cannot weave my web, broken as I am FRE GER GER RUS GER POL
Telle une douce pomme rougit à l'extrémité ENG ITA ENG
That man seems to me peer of gods FRE FRE FRE GER GER
The dust of Timas (This dust was Timas; and they say) (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) - F. Lewin FRE FRE
The full moon is shining (The full moon is shining) - S. Silver FRE GER GER ITA SAN (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x]
The glow and beauty of the stars FRE GER GER SAN *
The moon and then the pleiades go down FRE GER GER SAN (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x]
The moon has set FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER
The moon rose full, and the women stood FRE GER GER ITA SAN
The moon/ The pleiades have set FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE GER - N. Rorem (Text: Anonymous after Sappho)
The night closed their eyes - C. McTee ⊗ *
Θεός μου φαίνεται στ΄ αλήθεια εμένα κείνος RUS
The quiet mist (Softer than the hill-fog to the forest) (from Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics) - I. Gurney ⊗
This dust was Timas; and they say (from Captain Craig - Variations of Greek Themes) FRE FRE - F. Lewin (The dust of Timas)
This dust was Timas' FRE FRE
This is the dust of Timas FRE FRE
This is the dust of Timas FRE FRE
Throned in many-hued glory FRE FRE GER GER GER RUS
Thus at times with tender feet the Cretan women dance FRE ITA RUS
Tiakika, tiakika, gygyla ao gay kaoé (Tiakira, Tiakira, Gyla) - C. Chaynes (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Tiakira, Tiakira, Gyla - C. Chaynes (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Τιμάδος ἅδε κόνις ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE
Toi dont le trône est d’arc-en-ciel, immortelle Aphrodita ENG ENG ENG ENG GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS (à l’Aphrodita) -
Toi qui sièges sur un trône multicolore ENG ENG ENG ENG GER GER GER ENG ENG RUS
Tramontata è la luna ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER RUS SAN SWE GER
Traumlied (ζὰ δ' ἐλεξάμαν ὄναρ Κυπρογενηα) - W. Killmayer ENG FRE ITA
Tu es venue Gyla, tu as bien fait, comme j'avais envie de toi (Tu es venue Gyla. Tu as bien fait. Comme j'avais envie de toi) - C. Chaynes (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Tu es venue Gyla. Tu as bien fait. Comme j'avais envie de toi - C. Chaynes (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) ⊗
Ud'ian sokimoimi prosidoisa faos alio (οὐδ' ἴαν δοκίμωμι προσίδοισαν φάος ἀλίω) - W. Killmayer
U menja li devochka jest' = У меня ли девочка есть (U menja li devochka = У меня ли девочка) - V. Shebalin GER
U menja li devochka = У меня ли девочка GER - V. Shebalin (Дочери)
und … () - D. Hofmann [x] ⊗ *
Upon the sober sky thy robes are spread (from Songs from the Clay) FRE GER GER ITA - F. May (Hesperus)
Uzh mesjac zashel; Plejady — = Уж месяц зашел; Плеяды — (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) ENG ENG FRE FRE GER GER GER GER ITA ITA SAN SWE GER - A. Lourié (Ожидание)
Venite al tempio sacro delle vergini - G. Petrassi ⊗
Versunken ist der Mond ENG ENG FRE FRE ITA ITA RUS SAN SWE - A. Reimann *
Vespro, tutto riporti (Vespro, tutto riporti) - L. Dallapiccola ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER
Vespro, tutto riporti ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER - L. Dallapiccola
Vkrug peshchery Nimf, zatajennoj, vlaga = Вкруг пещеры Нимф, затаенной, влага (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) FRE - A. Lourié, V. Shebalin (Сад Нимф)
V krug peshchery Nimf = В круг пещеры Нимф (Vkrug peshchery Nimf, zatajennoj, vlaga = Вкруг пещеры Нимф, затаенной, влага) (from Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej)) - V. Shebalin FRE
We know this much/ Death is an evil (from Sappho: A New Translation) ⊗ *
We know this much (We know this much) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
We know this much (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes ⊗ *
Wenn dein Aug' in herzlicher Freude strahlet - H. Reinhardt (Text: Anonymous after Sappho) [x] ⊗
Wenn du nahst, leichtfüßiger als die Horen (from Gereimte sapphische Oden) - E. Behm ⊗
When anger spreads through the breast FRE
Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt (Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt) - H. Reutter ENG ENG ⊗
Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt ENG ENG - H. Reutter ⊗
Yea, Eros shakes my soul FRE ITA RUS
Yes, it is pretty, but come, dear (from Sappho: A New Translation) FRE
Yes, it is pretty (Yes, it is pretty) (from Sappho: A New Translation) - E. Hudes FRE
Yes, it is pretty (from Sappho: A New Translation) FRE - E. Hudes
ζὰ δ' ἐλεξάμαν ὄναρ Κυπρογενηα ENG FRE ITA - W. Killmayer
ζὰ δ' ἐλεξάμαν ENG FRE ITA

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