Product Description
In Venezuela, the word aguinaldo has two meanings. It is synonymous with a gift that is
given at Christmas, but also refers to a very popular musical genre in our own
country of the Christmas season. This genre represents the quintessential
musical expression of Venezuelan Christmas. Modesta Bor, our composition
teacher, always instilled in us the cultivation of this genre in the repertoire
of our choirs and as creative work, in order to preserve it from its
disappearance before the overwhelming invasion of other musical genres strange to
our traditional Christmas holidays.
The best title I found for this work was that, Aguinaldo, since it is a Christmas
musical "gift". It can be sung a cappella, although can also be
accompanied by our traditional cuatro.
It was premiered under my direction in December 1992 by the Orfeón Universitario of the Central
University of Venezuela, to whom it is dedicated.
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