Camino, Caminante draws on several Afro-Cuban and Latino influences without emulating a specific sty;e. Much use is made of hemiolas, not only because they are such a part of the Afro-Latino heritage, but because in this case they are thematically...
The sounds of salsa and rumba color this original setting of a Venezuelan children's poem. “Sassy” vocal lines are accompanied by piano with the steady pulse of claves and conga providing the heart beat of the piece....
This is one of the most popular love songs from the Dominican Republic. It describes a modest, and yet beautiful, little rural house in the Cibao region where the composer evokes the consummation of a passionate and virginal love. It is a...
Chanflín is a typical Dominican merengue in its melody and form. Chanflín is a young woman, very good looking. The merengue section refers to a “neighborhood gossip.” The jaleo section refers to Chanflín dressing in...
An original lullaby based on anonymous texts, “Crióme Mi Madre” tells a beautiful story in which the narrator remembers his mother singing to him and foretelling a wonderful future for him, one that did not necessarily come about....
This Spanish folk song is widely known throughout Latin America as a symbol of peace and unity. The text speaks of the myriad of colors found in the rainbow and the sounds of animals set to playful music which swells to a fiery...
This Argentinian worship song pulses with rhythmic energy! Perfect for either a first-time world music experience or a full-fledged Latin styled performance. With piano.
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date: 11/2005Credits: arr. Roger...
This Argentinian worship song pulses with rhythmic energy! Perfect for either a first-time world music experience or a full-fledged Latin styled performance. With piano.
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date: 10/2005Credits: arr. Roger...
This Argentinian worship song pulses with rhythmic energy! Perfect for either a first-time world music experience or a full-fledged Latin styled performance. With piano.
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date: 10/2005Credits: arr. Roger...
The tune and words, of unknown origin, are thought to have been created between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The carol was originally written in Catalan, a language related to French and Spanish and influenced by Latin....
With piano and percussion.
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date: 03/2001Credits: arr. Juan-Tony GuzmanPages: 20Length: 10.50 in.Width: 6.75 in.Series: Latin AccentsFormat: 2-Part and PercussionUPC: 073999162653Voicing: 2-Part
This truly unique work was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture. Full of sonorities, rhythms, and melodies that capture the very essence of Puerto Rican culture, Estampas Criollas pulses with the beat...
These original settings create the feeling of tenderness and sorrow so typical of the Spanish lullaby. A litling Brazilian style lullaby, a 3-part a cappella chorus, a flight of imagination for guitar solo and a comical nursery rhyme make up this...
Mangulina is a dance derived from Zapateado Español (a Spanish heel-tapping dance). Guayacanal, originally written in the 1950's by Dominican songwriters Luis Kalaff and Bienvenido Brens, embodies what is known as the Mangulina today, and is...
This is a folk melody from Ecuador traditionally played on the siku – the double row of panpipes that have been used in the high Andes for over a thousand years. With percussion.
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This is a folk melody from Ecuador traditionally played on the siku – the double row of panpipes that have been used in the high Andes for over a thousand years. With percussion.
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date:...
A bittersweet old Cuban song which expresses a longing for the days when “the pearl” – the island of Cuba – was free. The lamenting text (which can be sung in Spanish or English) is set to a slow waltz in a style reminiscent...
Hot-blooded and haughty, a mixture of delight and disdain. The central paradox of performing this piece it that the rhythms must be very incisive and exact, yet the precision must be combined with the devil-may-care festive attitude that prevents...
The text, written in Spanish, is drawn from the five parts of the Catholic Ordinary Mass, using only fragments of the original text for the second and third movements. Contents: 1. Señor, Ten Piedad (Lord, Have Mercy) • 2. Gloria a Dios...
