Vespro, tutto riporti (Quasimodo, set by L. Dallapiccola) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Authorship

Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968)

Based on

text

Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE)

ENG

GER

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

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)

Cinque Frammenti di Saffo

Set in English, adapted by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock (von Schweizer) (1868-?) ENG ITA GER

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946)

Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments

Set in German, a translation of Raoul Schrott ENG ITA GER

Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (1971-)

Sappho-Lieder

Set in English, a translation of James Stephens (1882-1950) ENG ITA GER

Frederick May (1911-)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ENG

English

Date added to the website: 2003-10-20.

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