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.
Purísima and A ti
te cantamos, they are part of the musical heritage of the 19th century in
Venezuela. Out of the creative genius of Rafael Isaza and Ricardo Pérez,
respectively, are two of the most beautiful aguinaldos
collected, among many others, by the Maestro Vicente Emilio Sojo, and are part
of our Christmas tradition. They are two praises to the Virgin Mary, mother of
the Child Jesus. Either can be sung a cappella, although they can also be
accompanied by our traditional cuatro.
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