by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)
Translation © by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019)
Salve, nec minimo puella naso
Language: Latin
Salve, nec minimo puella naso nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis nec longis digitis nec ore sicco nec sane nimis elegante lingua, decoctoris amica Formiani. ten provincia narrat esse bellam? tecum Lesbia nostra comparatur? o saeclum insapiens et infacetum!
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- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 43 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) , copyright © ; composed by Dominick Argento.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-15
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Word count: 39
Greetings, miss, with nose not small
Language: English after the Latin
Greetings, miss, with nose not small [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 43
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "Greetings, miss, with nose not small", 1981 [ mixed chorus and percussion ], from I Hate and I Love (Odi et Amo), no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 48