by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001)
If you are squeamish
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
If you are squeamish [ ... ]
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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 Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [text unavailable]
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), "If you are squeamish", op. 39 no. 6, copyright © 1989 [soprano and clarinet], from Sapphō kynōpis kai mantis = Sappho, bitch! (and philos[o]pher), no. 6, Paigles, Perry Green, Bradwell, Braintree, Essex : Anglian Edition ; Anglian new music series, ANMS 177 [text not verified]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-19
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Word count: 9