A report on Catullus 51, Catulli Carmina and Catullus

Catullus 51 is a poem by Roman love poet Gaius Valerius Catullus (c.

The work mostly sets poems of the Latin poet Catullus to music, with some text by the composer.

This poem was set to music by Carl Orff as part of his Catulli Carmina (1943).

"Ille mi par esse deo videtur" (poem 51)

Catullus was also an admirer of Sappho, a female poet of the seventh century BC. Catullus 51 partly translates, partly imitates and transforms Sappho 31.

Catulli Carmina is a cantata by Carl Orff to the texts of Catullus.