O brillante estrella
( De tierra lejana )
... To Noel Edison and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir ...
Sirett, Mark G (born in 1952) [ Canada ]
Edition
Published by
Boosey & Hawkes Inc.
[USA]
, 2009
Ref. :
48019887
, "CME Conductor's Choice"
ISMN/ISBN :
979-0-51-47866-9
Description
Text in:
Spanish
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Secular ; Latin american
Type of Choir:
SATB (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation:
Piano
(1 instrumental part(s))
Instruments:
Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
B
Tonality:
A major ; A minor
Duration:
3.0 min.
Liturgical Use:
Christmas
Number of verses:
4
Origin:
Puerto Rico
Source of text:
Puerto Rican
Comment(s):
A Christmas carol with lot of Latin colour and flare! An original composition on a traditional Puerto Rican Christmas nativity text, O Brillante Estrella is in the style of a villancico, a lively Spanish carol. Colorful harmonies, syncopated rhythms, and
