Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Sappho; A New Translation, University of California Press, 2019

Text Authorship:

• by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), "Tell me", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 58, copyright © [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), appears in Fragments, no. 1
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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 David Maslanka (1943 - 2017), "Tell me", 1984 [ satb chorus ], from Seven Lyrics from Sappho, no. 7
      Score: David Maslanka [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Margaret Ruthven Lang.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Michael R. Burch (b. 1958) ; composed by Hana Ajiashvili.
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• 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 German (Deutsch), a translation by Walter Jens (1923 - 2013) , copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Aribert Reimann.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Carl von Blankensee ; composed by Carl Loewe.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Bach (1901 - 1957) ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by N. F. Arbenin ; composed by Anton Yulyevich Simon.
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