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Text Authorship:

• by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Alcaeus of Mytilene (flourished 6th century 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):

• by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "O coronata di viole, divina", 1943, from Sex Carmina Alcaei, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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