by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895)
Language: English after the Aeolic Greek
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Text Authorship:
- by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895)
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 105
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, adapted by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [an adaptation] ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
- Also set in English, a translation by James Stephens (1882 - 1950) , "Sweet apple", appears in Here are Ladies, first published 1913 [an adaptation] ; composed by Harry R. Spier.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Chiara Benati.
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