by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Raoul Schrott (b. 1964)
Hesperos du bist der
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Aeolic Greek
Hesperos du bist der hirte des abends [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Raoul Schrott (b. 1964), appears in Die Erfindung der Poesie, first published 1997, 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), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς", appears in Fragments, no. 104A
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (b. 1971), "Hesperos du bist der", 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Sappho-Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation 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) , "Hesperus", appears in Songs from the Clay, first published 1915 [an adaptation] ; composed by Frederick M. May.
- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) , no title, appears in The Secret of Death with some collected poems, first published 1885 ; composed by Clara Angela Macirone.
- Also set in English, a translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) , "Hesperus the Bringer" [an adaptation] ; composed by John Woods Duke.
- 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. 4 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik, Johann Friedrich Reichardt.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-30
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Word count: 36