Texts by G. Catullus set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

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Carmina

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

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Ach, ich hasse und ich liebe ENG ENG ITA SPA - H. Krása (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus)
Acmen Septimius suos amores (from Carmina) GER
À Ipsithilla (Au nom de l’amour, douce Ipsithilla) SPA
Akme, seine Geliebte, auf dem Schoose ENG - E. Schön (Akme und Septimius)
Akme und Septimius (Akme, seine Geliebte, auf dem Schoose) - E. Schön ENG
[IX]. Amabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla (Amabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla) (from Carmina) - M. Linton, C. Orff FRE SPA
Amabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla (from Carmina) FRE SPA - M. Linton, C. Orff
Ameana puella defututa (from Carmina) ITA SPA - C. Orff
[X]. Ammiana, puella defututa (Ameana puella defututa) (from Carmina) - C. Orff ITA SPA
Ammiana, puella defututa (from Carmina) ITA SPA
Atalanta picks up the apples (Passer, deliciae meae puellae) (from Carmina) - R. Beckett ENG ITA
Au nom de l’amour, douce Ipsithilla SPA (À Ipsithilla) -
By ways remote and distant waters sped (from Under the Hill) ITA - N. Rorem (Catullus: Carmen CI)
Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa (from Carmina) ITA SPA - C. Orff
[IV]. Caeli, Lesbia nostra (Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa) (from Carmina) - C. Orff ITA SPA
Carmen LXX (Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle) (from Carmina) - J. Reuland ENG SPA FRE
Catullus: Carmen CI (By ways remote and distant waters sped) (from Under the Hill) ITA
Catullus: On the burial of his brother (By ways remote and distant waters sped) (from Under the Hill) - N. Rorem ITA
Chieder sesterzj diecimila osa SPA
Consolation (If living sorrows any boon) (from Knave of hearts) - D. Tcimpidis ITA
Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri SPA - C. Orff
Dianae sumus in fide (Dianae sumus in fide) (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Dianae sumus in fide (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Ego haec, ego arte fabricata rustica [possibly misattributed] ENG - C. Cooman
Ego haec (Ego haec, ego arte fabricata rustica) - C. Cooman [possibly misattributed] ENG
Friend, if the mute and shrouded dead - J. Duke (Love and death) ⊗
Già sciolti i gelidi lacci, leggera ENG
Greetings, miss, with nose not small - D. Argento *
Huc est mens deducta tua mea, Lesbia, culpa (from Carmina) SPA FRE
Hunc lucum tibi dedico consecroque Priape - M. Linton
Hunc lucum tibi dedico (Hunc lucum tibi dedico consecroque Priape) - M. Linton
Iam uer egelidos refert tepores (from Carmina) ENG ITA - C. Cooman, M. Linton
Iam ver egelidos refert tepores (Iam uer egelidos refert tepores) (from Carmina) - M. Linton ENG ITA
Iam ver egelidos refert tepores (from Carmina) ENG ITA
Iam ver egelidos (Iam uer egelidos refert tepores) (from Carmina) - C. Cooman ENG ITA
Ich hasse und liebe. Vielleicht fragst du warum ich das tue? - E. Rushton ⊗
Ich hasse und liebe ⊗
If living sorrows any boon (from Knave of hearts) ITA - D. Tcimpidis
I hate and I love. Perhaps you will ask GER ITA SPA - D. Argento *
I hate and I love (Odi et amo. Quare id faciam) (from Carmina) - R. Beckett ENG ENG GER ITA SPA
[III]. Ille mi par esse deo videtur (Ille mi par esse deo videtur) (from Carmina) - C. Orff ENG SPA
Ille mi par esse deo videtur (from Carmina) ENG SPA - J. Novák, C. Orff
I love and I hate GER ITA SPA (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus)
I thuswise fashioned I by rustic art [possibly misattributed] (Priapus) -
Iucundum, mea vita, mihi proponis amorem (from Carmina) ENG ITA SPA - M. Linton, C. Orff
[ACTUS II. VI]. Iucundum, mea vita (Iucundum, mea vita, mihi proponis amorem) (from Carmina) - M. Linton, C. Orff ENG ITA SPA
La femme que j'aime dit qu'elle ne voudrait pas (La femme que j'aime dit qu'elle ne voudrait pas) - D. Milhaud ENG SPA [x]
La femme que j'aime dit qu'elle ne voudrait pas ENG SPA - D. Milhaud [x]
La Lesbia, o Celio, la Lesbia, sai SPA
Lament on the death of a sparrow (Lugete, o Veneres, Cupidinesque) (from Carmina) - J. Plant ENG ENG ITA
Lament on the death of a sparrow (Weep, O Loves and Graces) ITA
Lascia, o Catullo — triste, i sogni di prima ENG SPA
Lass uns leben, liebe Lesbia, und lieben und keinen einzigen Groschen - E. Rushton ⊗
Lass uns leben, liebe Lesbia ⊗
Lass uns leben () - M. Oberleithner (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus) [x] ⊗
Lesbia forever on me rails - J. Duke (Lesbia railing)
Lesbia mi dicit semper male (from Carmina) ENG
Lesbia mi praesente uiro mala plurima dicit (from Carmina) FRE
Lesbia railing (Lesbia forever on me rails) - J. Duke
Lesbia's sparrow (Weep, Mother of Love ! Weep, Baby-Boy of Arrows !) (from New Poems) - J. Duke ITA
Let us, kind Lesbia, give away (Let us, kind Lesbia, give away) - H. Purcell FRE GER SPA FRE (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus)
Let us, kind Lesbia, give away FRE GER SPA FRE - H. Purcell (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus)
Let us live, my Clodia, and let us love FRE GER SPA FRE - D. Argento *
Liebe (Ach, ich hasse und ich liebe) - H. Krása ENG ENG ITA SPA (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus)
Love and death (Friend, if the mute and shrouded dead) - J. Duke ⊗
Lugete, o Veneres, Cupidinesque (from Carmina) ENG ENG ITA - J. Plant
Ma chérie, aimons-nous... Les feux du soleil peuvent mourir et renaître ENG ENG GER SPA - D. Milhaud [x]
Ma chérie, aimons-nous (Ma chérie, aimons-nous... Les feux du soleil peuvent mourir et renaître) - D. Milhaud ENG ENG GER SPA [x]
Ma chérie, en présence de son mari,/ Lance contre moi force malédictions - D. Milhaud [x]
Ma chérie, en présence de son mari (Ma chérie, en présence de son mari,/ Lance contre moi force malédictions) - D. Milhaud [x]
Meine Akme! Übermäßig hab' ich dich lieb und will auch ENG (Akme und Septimius) - E. Schön
Mellitos oculos tuos, Iuuenti (Mellitos oculos tuos, Iuventi) (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Mellitos oculos tuos, Iuventi (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Minister uetuli puer Falerni (Minister vetuli puer Falerni) (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Minister vetuli puer Falerni (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Mir käme gelegen wie dem besagten Mädchen der goldene Apfel - E. Rushton ⊗
Mir käme gelegen wie dem besagten Mädchen ⊗
[XI]. Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire (Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire) (from Carmina) - C. Orff ENG ITA SPA
Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire (from Carmina) ENG ITA SPA - C. Orff
Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus (from Carmina) ENG ITA - M. Linton
Multas per gentes (Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus) (from Carmina) - M. Linton ENG ITA
My woman says she will be no one's but mine SPA FRE - D. Argento
Nach Catullus (Wir wollen, o Lesbia, lieben und leben) - A. Schreiber ENG ENG FRE SPA FRE
Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam (from Carmina) SPA - M. Linton
Nulla potest mulier (Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam) (from Carmina) - M. Linton SPA
Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle (from Carmina) ENG SPA FRE - M. Linton, C. Orff, J. Reuland
Nulli se dicit mulier (Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle) (from Carmina) - M. Linton ENG SPA FRE
Num te leaena montibus Libystinis (from Carmina) ENG
Nunc est mens deducta tua mea, Lesbia, culpa (from Carmina) SPA FRE
Ode Sapphus (Ille mi par esse deo videtur) (from Carmina) - J. Novák ENG SPA
Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? (from Carmina) ENG ENG GER ITA SPA
Odi et amo. Quare id faciam (from Carmina) ENG ENG GER ITA SPA - R. Beckett, C. Cooman, M. Linton, C. Orff
Odi et amo (Odi et amo. Quare id faciam) (from Carmina) - C. Cooman, M. Linton, C. Orff ENG ENG GER ITA SPA
Odio ed amo. Com’è? chiedi. Nol so ENG ENG GER SPA
O Latonia, maximi - R. Beckett
O mea Lesbia! Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle (from Carmina) ENG SPA FRE
[VII]. O mea Lesbia! (Desine de quoquam quicquam bene velle mereri) - C. Orff SPA
[V]. O mea Lesbia (Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle) (from Carmina) - C. Orff ENG SPA FRE
O rem ridiculam, Cato, et iocosam (from Carmina) ENG - M. Linton
O rem ridiculam (O rem ridiculam, Cato, et iocosam) (from Carmina) - M. Linton ENG
Passer, deliciae meae puellae (Passer, deliciae meae puellae) (from Carmina) - M. Linton ENG ITA
Passer, deliciae meae puellae (from Carmina) ENG ITA - R. Beckett, M. Linton, J. Novák
Passere amabile, cui nel sen culla ENG
Passer (Passer, deliciae meae puellae) (from Carmina) - J. Novák ENG ITA
Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo (Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo) (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Per molte genti e molti mari ai mesti ENG
Piangete, o Veneri, o amori, o voi ENG ENG
Priapus (I thuswise fashioned I by rustic art) [possibly misattributed]
Quaeris quot mihi basiationes (Quaeris quot mihi basiationes) (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Quaeris quot mihi basiationes (from Carmina) - M. Linton
Salve, nec minimo puella naso (from Carmina) ENG
Se il desiderio, onde a’ suoi dì felici ENG
Si quicquam mutis gratum acceptumve sepulcris (from Carmina) ENG ITA
Spätzlein meiner Vielgeliebten () - M. Oberleithner (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus) [x] ⊗
Spatz, Schätzlein meines Mädchens, mit dem sie spielt, den - E. Rushton ⊗
Spatz, Schätzlein meines Mädchens ⊗
Tam gratum est mihi quam ferunt puellae (from Carmina) ENG ITA
To Diana (O Latonia, maximi) - R. Beckett
Translation from Catullus (Ye Cupids, droop each little head) ITA
Trauert, ihr Venüsse und Cupideen und alle liebliche Leute, die - E. Rushton ⊗
Trauert, ihr Venüsse und Cupideen ⊗
Tu dici, o vita mia, ch’eterno in core ENG SPA
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus (from Carmina) ENG ENG FRE GER SPA FRE - M. Linton, C. Orff
[II]. Vivamus mea Lesbia (Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus) (from Carmina) - M. Linton, C. Orff ENG ENG FRE GER SPA FRE
Vivons, mignarde, vivons ENG ENG GER SPA - R. Hahn
Vivons, mignarde ! (Vivons, mignarde, vivons) - R. Hahn ENG ENG GER SPA
Voilà où mon âme en est venue, ma chérie (Voilà où mon âme en est venue, ma chérie) - D. Milhaud SPA [x]
Voilà où mon âme en est venue, ma chérie SPA - D. Milhaud [x]
Was it a lioness from the mountains of Libya - D. Argento *
Weep, Mother of Love ! Weep, Baby-Boy of Arrows ! (from New Poems) ITA - J. Duke (Weep, Mother of Love!)
Weep, Mother of Love! (Weep, Mother of Love ! Weep, Baby-Boy of Arrows !) (from New Poems) ITA
Weep, O Loves and Graces ITA (Lament on the death of a sparrow) -
Wie viel Küsse () - M. Oberleithner (Text: Anonymous after Gaius Valerius Catullus) [x] ⊗
Wir wollen, o Lesbia, lieben und leben ENG ENG FRE SPA FRE - A. Schreiber
Wretched Catullus, put an end to this madness! ITA SPA - D. Argento
Ye Cupids, droop each little head ITA - M. White (Translation from Catullus)
Ye Cupids droop each little head (Ye Cupids, droop each little head) - M. White ITA
You promise me, my dearest life, that this our love ITA SPA - D. Argento *

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