Del cielo ha bajado

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SATB, Soli + Piano 1’30”
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"Del cielo ha bajado" (LOURDES HYMN) speaks to the power that religious colonization has over Hispanoamérica. The Pew Research Center's 2014 survey claims 69% Catholic identity of the participants across Latin America. Catholic practices have proliferated across different national Christmastime celebrations, notably in different novenas for this period. Some cultures celebrate leading up to the 25th, while others celebrate after. Nicaragua has an especially unique novena November 28-December 8, referred to as "La Purísima" and culminating in "La Gritería," national celebrations and adorations of the Virgin Mary.

In the same way Hispanoamérica reclaimed the Spanish colonizer-religion through re-imagining the ceremonies and traditions, this arrangement of "Del cielo ha bajado" intentionally takes a piece of European Catholicism that still holds power over Hispanoamérica and transforms it into something authentically inauthentic through the creative power of musical re-imagination.

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SATB, Soli, Piano
Text

Del cielo ha bajado la Madre de Dios.
Cantemos el Ave a su concepción.
Ave, ave, ave María.
Ave, ave, ave María.
Del verbo divino, de Cristo Jesús,
Santísima Madre, María, eres tú.
El Ángel que envía el Dios eternal,
saluda a María con voz celestial.
Oh Virgen sin mancha, oh Madre de amor,
El ángel te ofrezca mi salutación.
Translation

The mother of God has come down from heaven.
Let us sing this adoration to her conception.
Hail, Hail, Hail Mary.
Hail, Hail, Hail Mary.
Foretold in the story of Christ's birth,
The blessed mother, Mary, is you.
The angel, sent by God,
greets Mary with a heavenly voice.
O purest virgin, O mother of love,
The angel offers you my greetings.

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