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Corinna by Old Songs

by Old Songs

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1.
Thespia 02:19
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2.
Euripus 02:05
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3.
Hermes Fights With Ares 03:27
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4.
Corinna Says 00:58
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5.
Wishing Meditation 04:04
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6.
The Singing Contest 02:15
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7.
And You Us Two 02:17
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8.
Oh Corinna 01:25
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9.
Dawn Leaving Ocean 01:44
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10.
Terpsichore 01:53
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11.
His Own Hands 01:45
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12.
Myrtis 01:37
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13.
Hyria 01:05
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14.
Daughters of Asopus 04:08
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15.
In Calm Weather 01:37
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16.
Proud Orion 01:11
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17.
Let Them Hear This 01:29
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Corinna of Tanagra, poet of the 5th century BCE (though some scholars date her work 200 years later), sang of the Olympian gods, heroic ancestors, and Boeotian gods who were also local rivers and mountains. Only fragments of her work survive, often stray lines and words preserved in grammar books or on shreds of papyrus. Our versions include songs built out of disconnected phrases:

Enjoying the wind, honeyed voice,
Song surging, like the wide Euripus

Also narratives: how the nine daughters of the river god Asopus disappeared, a contest between two singing mountains, Corinna reproaching herself for laziness and a rival poet for presumption. Unlike the verse of Sappho or Alcaeus, there is little use of the first person--no unique authorial personality emerges from her songs. But there are certainly glimmerings of a distinct sensibility: ancient stories filtered through love for local landscapes and joy in singing as a highlight of community life.

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released November 11, 2020

Old Songs is Liz Downing (voice and banjo), Mark Jickling (voice, guitar, and mandolin), and Chris Mason (voice and guitar). Special guests are Rebby Sharp (fiddle) and Ian Jickling (guitar on Hermes Fights With Ares). The translations from the Greek are by Mark and Chris. The musicians recorded their parts in isolation during the quarantine summer of 2020. The album was mixed by Mark and Liz, and mastered by Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studio.

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Old Songs Baltimore, Maryland

Old Songs -- Liz Downing, Chris Mason, and Mark Jickling -- make singing versions of their own translations of ancient Greek poetry. Besides Corinna, they have made collections of Sappho, Alcman, Alcaeus, Hipponax, Archilochus, and Anacreon.

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