This four-page musical score contains the song “Eida Matia…” (“I Saw Eyes…”), with music and lyrics by Kleon Triantafyllou,  better known by his stage name Attik. It also includes the lyrics of the French version of the song, entitled “Sur les Bords du Gange” (On the Banks of the Ganges).

The monochrome front cover, featuring an artistic composition with a pair of female eyes as its central motif, bears the title of the song, “Τραγουδάκι” (Tragoudaki, Little Song), the composer's full name, his stage name (“C. Attic”), “Ιδιοκτησία του συνθέτου” (Property of the Composer) and “Τιμάται δραχ. 1» (Price: 1 drachma). It also bears “D'après la musique du succès parisien ‘Sur les Bords du Gange’ du même compositeur” (Based on the music of the Parisian success Sur les Bords du Gange by the same composer), together with the printed dedication “Εις την Α.Υ. τον Πρίγκηπα Χριστόφορον” (To His Royal Highness Prince Christopher).

Beneath the musical notation on the second page appears the notice “Παν γνήσιον αντίτυπον οφείλη να φέρη την ιδιόχειρον υπογραφήν του συνθέτου” (Every authentic copy must bear the composer's autograph signature), together with a red stamp bearing the composer's stage name “Attic”.

The black-and-white back cover bears the Greek title of the song, the remaining Greek lyrics, the title of the French version (“Sur les Bords du Gange”), the names of the French lyricists E. Joullot and Alberty (Eugène Joullot and Pierre Alberty) and the French lyrics.

This is a musical score with a three-staff system (two for piano and one for voice).

Three recordings of the song have been identified in the Greek historical discography, one of which was made by the composer himself:

– “Eida Matia”, Giorgos Savaris with piano acompaniment, Milan, 1928 (Columbia UK 20236 – 8052. In the Columbia Greece release of the recording with the same matrix (Columbia W. 20236 – D.G. 21), the record label credits John Miliaris as the singer and Sosos Ioannidis as the pianist. 
– “Eida Matia”, Petros Epitropakis accompanied by orchestra, Athens, 17 June 1928 (His Master's Voice BF 1754 – AO 538).
– “Eida Matia”, Kleon Triantafyllou, Athens, 1928 (Polydor V-45194).

No recording of the French version of the song has so far been identified in the 78 rpm discography. The song was, however, recorded in a later performance by Pierre Valray (see here). “Sur les Bords du Gange” was also recorded by Giorgis Christodoulou and included on the CD Attik in Paris (Μικρή Άρκτος CD MA1523265), released in Athens in 2016.

Attik (the stage name of Kleon Triantafyllou, 1885–1944) was a composer, lyricist, pianist and singer, and is regarded as one of the leading figures of the Greek light song (elafro tragoudi). Born into a prosperous Greek family in Egypt, where he spent his childhood, he received piano and flute lessons from an early age. In 1902 he settled with his family in Athens, continued his musical studies at the Odeion Athinon (Athens Conservatoire) and at the same time pursued a degree at the Law School of the University of Athens. Between 1907 and 1913 he lived in Paris, where he pursued a successful career as a composer, collaborating with leading composers, lyricists, and performers of the French musical scene. From this period, more than 280 of his compositions can be found in musical score (see for example here, here, here, here, here and here), signed as Cléon Triandaphyl ή C. Attic. These consist primarily of French-language songs (see for example here and here), as well as piano works, operettas (see here and here) and other compositions. In 1930 he founded the Mandra of Attik, some of which were also recorded on 78 rpm records a performance venue that played a significant role in the development of the Greek light song tradition and in promoting a new generation of composers and performers (for further information on Attik's life and work, see here, here and here).