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Text Authorship:

• by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title
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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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• by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Piena splendeva la luna", from Cinque Frammenti di Saffo, no. 4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "The moon shone at the full", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
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Word count: 9