$3.25
SATB a cappella 3’00”
*Recording may vary from the most up-to-date score shown below.
Note: This is a digital score (PDF).
Minimum Order: Suggested 5.
*A paid invoice will be autogenerated after successful transaction.
"Vamos, pastores, vamos" has an elusive origin story, with the popular “Flor y Canto” hymnal crediting Evaristo Ciria Sanz, a Spanish Catholic priest and musician, while more sources claim authorship by Jeremías Quintero Gutiérrez, a prolific Colombian songwriter claimed to have written over 3,000 villancicos. Quintero is credited with other popular villancicos thematically centered around pastores including "Venid Pastorcillos" and "Pastorcillos de Naplusa". This tune, though, has permeated throughout the American continents, becoming a ubiquitous villancico.
The text retells the announcement to the shepherds of Jesus's birth, and captures the excitement and journey that the shepherds took to go to Bethlehem. This arrangement composes a new musical section that sonifies the jingle jangle of the rush to Bethlehem, using polyphony to capture the various voices of anticipation and joy (gusto) of the journey to see the newborn baby. The text is a recombination of the original verses in order to present a more secular telling of the story.
| Forces | SATB, Tambourine (Optional), Cajón (Optional), Piano Reduction |
|---|---|
| Text | Vamos pastores, vamos ¡Ese precioso niño! Un establo es una cuna, |
| Translation | Now let us go, O shepherds What a precious baby! A stable as a cradle, |
