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"
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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 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-30
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Word count: 36