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Là-bas, vers l'église

by Maurice Ravel From 5 Mélodies populaires grecques (1904) 1904-1906

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Là-bas, vers l'église
French source: Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi

Là-bas, vers l’église,
Vers l’église Ayio Sidéro,
L’église, ô Vierge sainte,
L’église Ayio Costanndino,
Se sont réunis,
Rassemblés en nombre infini,
Du monde, ô Vierge sainte,
Du monde tous les plus braves!

Down there by the church
English translation © Richard Stokes

Down there by the church,
By the church of Saint Sideros,
The church, O Holy Virgin,
The church of Saint Constantine,
Are gathered together, buried in infinite numbers,
The bravest people, O Holy Virgin,
The bravest people in the world!

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)

Là-bas, vers l'église
French source: Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi

Down there by the church
English source: Richard Stokes

Là-bas, vers l’église,
Down there by the church,
Vers l’église Ayio Sidéro,
By the church of Saint Sideros,
L’église, ô Vierge sainte,
The church, O Holy Virgin,
L’église Ayio Costanndino,
The church of Saint Constantine,
Se sont réunis,
Are gathered together, buried in infinite numbers,
Rassemblés en nombre infini,
The bravest people, O Holy Virgin,
Du monde, ô Vierge sainte,
The bravest people in the world!
Du monde tous les plus braves!

Composer

Maurice Ravel

Joseph Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist and conductor.  In the 1920s and 1930s he was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. He was one of the first composers to acknowledge the potential of recording in making…

Poet

Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi

Michel-Dimitri Calvocoressi was a music writer and critic, and promoter of musicians such as Franz Liszt and Modest Mussorgsky.

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