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SATB a cappella + optional Percussion 4’00”
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"La buena nueva" (translates to "The Good News") comes to international attention because of a famous 1965 recording of villancicos, "Ronda de Navidad," sung by a Peruvian Catholic school's children's choir, the Coral Infantil Colegio "Manuel Pardo de Chiclayo." This tune is often misattributed in textbooks and hymnals as a traditional Peruvian villancico, but is most likely written by contemporary Criollo singer-songwriter Mario Cavagnaro Llerena (1926-1998), unpublished, and often mistitled "Rueda, rueda por la montaña" or "Huayno navideño." Some early recordings also title this tune "Navidad en el Perú."
This arrangement embeds a huayno rhythm, an indigenous Peruvian rhythm, in the vocal polyphony. This rhythm, played on indigenous large drums, is abbreviated in the score for frame drum (low). A rain stick addition pays homage to the Andean origin of the instrument as well.�
| Text | Rueda, rueda, por la montaña, blanca lunidad, |
|---|---|
| Translation | Round the white lit mountain, |
| Notes | *The cholos of Peru, Ecuador, and northern Argentina are peoples who identify culturally with their mixed indigenous and Spanish heritage. The songwriter did not intend this as the derogatory term used in the USA. |
