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by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961)

ἦρ’ ἔτι παρθενίας ἐπιβάλλομαι
Language: Aeolic Greek 
ἦρ’  ἔτι  παρθενίας  ἐπιβάλλομαι

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
  • ENG English (Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer)


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-11-05
Line count: 1
Word count: 4

Alas! I shall be ever maiden
Language: English  after the Aeolic Greek 
Alas! I shall be ever maiden

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Bantock 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
  • by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The moon has set", from Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments, no. 5
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-11-05
Line count: 1
Word count: 6

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