Fragment 17 "Close"

2020
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Voice

Details

Category

Voice

Language

English

instrumentation

vx (high male or low female); lyre

duration

c. 3 minutes

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an intimate prayer to Hera. only part of Sappho's text survives. as the poem breaks off, so does the voice, leaving behind the rhythmic shadow of Sappho's meter tapped onto the body of the lyre.

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