by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927)
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
The night closed their eyes [ ... ]
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Composition:
- Set to music by Cindy McTee , no title, 1983 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble (8 instruments) ], from Songs of Spring and the Moon, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927), copyright © 1967
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [text unavailable]
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