Allá lejos, hacia la iglesia | Allá lejos, hacia la iglesia

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by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944)

Translation © by Alfredo García

Là‑bas, vers l'église

Language: French (Français) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER HUN ITA SPA

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!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Ravel

Text Authorship:

by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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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):

by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Là-bas, vers l'église", M. A. 9 no. 2 (1904-6) [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Allà, prop de l'església", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Yonder by the Church", copyright ©
GER German (Deutsch) (Maria Th. Langsch) , "Dort unten bei der Kirche", written 2004, copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Dániel Csűry) , "Amott, a templomnál", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Laggiù, presso la chiesa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Allá lejos, hacia la iglesia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 32

Allá lejos, hacia la iglesia

Language: Spanish (Español) after the French (Français)

Allá lejos, hacia la iglesia 
Ayio Sidero, 
Oh Virgen Santa, 
la iglesia Ayio Constanndino, 
Se han juntado, reunido 
en número infinito 
Del mundo, oh Virgen Santa, 
los más valientes!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2008 by Alfredo García, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 29