I hear that Andromeda | I hear that Andromeda

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Translation © by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001)

Ἄτθι, σοὶ δ' ἔμεθεν μεν ἀπήχθετο

Language: Aeolic Greek

Ἄτθι, σοὶ δ' ἔμεθεν μεν ἀπήχθετο
φροντίσδην, ἐπὶ δ' Ἀνδρομέδαν πότῃ.

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Note: Herder's translation beginning "Ach die gliederlösende böse Liebe quält mich" appears to incorporate this fragment.

Text Authorship:

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 131 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Also set in English, a translation by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001) , appears in Sappho: A New Translation, first published 1958, copyright © ; composed by Eric Hudes, Elizabeth Walton Vercoe.
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I hear that Andromeda

Language: English after the Aeolic Greek

I hear that Andromeda
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Text Authorship:

by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), appears in Sappho: A New Translation, first published 1958, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 131
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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 Eric Hudes (b. 1920), "I hear that Andromeda", op. 39 no. 2, copyright © 1989 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Sapphō kynōpis kai mantis = Sappho, bitch! (and philos[o]pher), no. 2, Paigles, Perry Green, Bradwell, Braintree, Essex : Anglian Edition ; Anglian new music series, ANMS 177 [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Irreveries from Sappho", 1981 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or SSA trio with piano ]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-19
Line count: 7
Word count: 31