Evening song (Bantock, set by G. Bantock) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Evening,
thou bringest all that bright morning scattered,
the tender lamb to the ewe,
the babe to its mother;
Then Hesperus shines, of all stars the fairest,
Around the cool breeze
wanders through apple boughs,
And slumber streams from quivering leaves,
While sweeter far than harp,
than gold more golden,
Singeth Spring's messenger
the sweet-voiced nightingale.

Authorship

Helen Maude Francesca Bantock (von Schweizer) (1868-?)

Based on

text

Henry Thornton Wharton (1846-1895)

ITA

GER

Based on

text

Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE)

ITA

GER

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

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946)

Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments

Set in Italian, a translation of Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968) ENG ITA GER

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)

Cinque Frammenti di Saffo

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-)

Date added to the website: 2003-12-01.

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