by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933)
Translation © by George Barbanis
Ionian Song
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Just because we have broken their statues [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by George Barbanis , copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ian Venables (b. 1955), "Ionian Song", op. 38 no. 1 (2006), first performed 2006 [ tenor, clarinet, piano ], from On The Wings of Love, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2023-02-05
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Word count: 75