Con una fronda di mirto | Con una fronda di mirto giocavo

by Archilochus (flourished c700/c650 BCE)

Translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)

ἔχουσα θαλλὸν μυρσίνης ἐτέρπετο

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

ἔχουσα θαλλὸν μυρσίνης ἐτέρπετο
ῥοδέης τε καλὸν ἄνθος…
                            …ἡ δέ οἱ κόμη
ὤμους κατεσκίαζε καὶ μετάφρενα.

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by Archilochus (flourished c700/c650 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Italian (Italiano), adapted by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) , no title ; composed by Chiara Benati, Enrico Mainardi.
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Con una fronda di mirto giocavo

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Con una fronda di mirto giocavo 
ed una fresca rosa;
                     e la sua chioma 
le [ombrava]¹ lieve e gli omeri e le spalle.

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• C. Benati

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¹ Benati: "ornava"

Text Authorship:

by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Archilochus (flourished c700/c650 BCE), no title
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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 Chiara Benati (b. 1956), "Con una fronda di mirto", 1999 [ soprano and piano ], from Liriche antiche, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Enrico Mainardi (1897 - 1976), "Con una frona di mirto" [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
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Word count: 23