I hear that Andromeda — [ ... ]
Irreveries from Sappho
Set by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Irreveries from Sappho", 1981 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or SSA trio with piano ] [Sung Text]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), "I hear that Andromeda —", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 74, first published 1958, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 131
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Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Sappho; A New Translation, Berkeley : University of California Press, 2019
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Of course I love you [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), "Of course I love you", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 72, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), as Σαπφώ, no title, appears in Fragments, no. 121
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Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Sappho; A New Translation, Berkeley : University of California Press, 2019
Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
People do gossip [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), "People do gossip", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 13, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), as Σαπφώ, no title
Go to the general single-text view
Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Sappho; A New Translation, Berkeley : University of California Press, 2019
Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Author(s): Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001)