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

Text Authorship:

• by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Dedyke men a salanna", 1993-5, first performed 1995 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sieben Lieder der Sappho, no. 6, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895) , no title ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ned Rorem.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Charles Chaynes.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Walter Jens (1923 - 2013) , copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Aribert Reimann.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 2 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Bach (1901 - 1957) ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © ; composed by Olga Neuwirth.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Dorothea Hofmann (b. 1961) , copyright © ; composed by Dorothea Hofmann.
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• Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Giàcomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837) [an adaptation] ; composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti.
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• Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [an adaptation] ; composed by Goffredo Petrassi.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) , "Ожидание", appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961) ; composed by Staffan Björklund.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton) , no title
• FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet)
• GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , copyright ©
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Salvatore Quasimodo) [an adaptation]
• SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 17