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.
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Text Authorship:
- by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895)
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Evening song", from Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by James Stephens (1882 - 1950) , "Hesperus", appears in Songs from the Clay, first published 1915 [an adaptation] ; composed by Frederick M. May.
- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) , no title, appears in The Secret of Death with some collected poems, first published 1885 ; composed by Clara Angela Macirone.
- Also set in English, a translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) , "Hesperus the Bringer" [an adaptation] ; composed by John Woods Duke.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Raoul Schrott , appears in Die Erfindung der Poesie, first published 1997, copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 4 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik, Johann Friedrich Reichardt.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-01
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