by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927)
Κρῆσσαί νύ ποτ’ ὦδ’ ἐμμελέως πόδεσσιν
Language: Aeolic Greek
Available translation(s): FRE
Κρῆσσαί νύ ποτ’ ὦδ’ ἐμμελέως πόδεσσιν ὤρχηντ’ ἀπάλοισ’ ἀμφ’ ἐρόεντα βῶμον πόας τέρεν ἄνθος μάλακον μάτεισαι
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Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [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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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927) , copyright © 1967 ; composed by Cindy McTee.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), adapted by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) , appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) [an adaptation] ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Willis Barnstone) , copyright © 1967
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Salvatore Quasimodo)
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-04
Line count: 3
Word count: 16
In old days Kretan girls danced
Language: English  after the Aeolic Greek
In old days Kretan girls danced [ ... ]
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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.Authorship:
- by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927), copyright © 1967 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Cindy McTee , "In old days Kretan girls danced", 1983 [soprano and instrumental ensemble (8 instruments)], from Songs of Spring and the Moon, no. 5
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), adapted by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ENG ENG ENG FRE RUS ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) , appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) [an adaptation] ENG ENG FRE ITA ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-29
Line count: 3
Word count: 17