by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Walter Jens (1923 - 2013)
Versunken ist der Mond
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Aeolic Greek
Versunken ist der Mond [ ... ]
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- by Walter Jens (1923 - 2013), copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 168B
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Versunken ist der Mond", 2000, first performed 2000 [ soprano, 3 violins, 2 violoncellos, contrabass, English horn, bassoon, and contrabassoon ], from Drei Gedichte der Sappho, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ned Rorem.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Charles Chaynes.
- 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.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Bach (1901 - 1957) ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Giàcomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837) [an adaptation] ; composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [an adaptation] ; composed by Goffredo Petrassi.
- 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.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961) , copyright © ; composed by Staffan Björklund.
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