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James MacMillan (Composer) | Ariel Dorfman (Author of original text) | Ana Maria Mendoza (Author of original text)
Cantos Sagrados
("Weihegesänge")
mixed choir (SATB) and organ
Product number: BH 5401071
Edition: Choral score
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Composer's Notes
In writing this work I wanted to compose something which was both timeless and contemporary, both sacred and secular. The title (Sacred Songs) is therefore slightly misleading as the three poems are concerned with political repression in Latin America and are deliberately coupled with traditional religious texts to emphasise a deeper solidarity with the poor of that sub-continent.
It was my interest in Liberation Theology which made me combine the poems of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina with the texts of the Latin mass in Búsqueda (an earlier music-theatre work) and has now led me to attempt a similar synthesis of ideas in Cantos Sagrados.
The voices in Ariel Dorfman’s poems belong to those who suffer a particular type of political repression: the 'disappearance' of political prisoners. Ana Maria Mendoza’s poem about the Virgin of Guadeloupe tackles the same problem by asking a more fundamental cultural and historical question.
In writing this work I wanted to compose something which was both timeless and contemporary, both sacred and secular. The title (Sacred Songs) is therefore slightly misleading as the three poems are concerned with political repression in Latin America and are deliberately coupled with traditional religious texts to emphasise a deeper solidarity with the poor of that sub-continent.
It was my interest in Liberation Theology which made me combine the poems of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Argentina with the texts of the Latin mass in Búsqueda (an earlier music-theatre work) and has now led me to attempt a similar synthesis of ideas in Cantos Sagrados.
The voices in Ariel Dorfman’s poems belong to those who suffer a particular type of political repression: the 'disappearance' of political prisoners. Ana Maria Mendoza’s poem about the Virgin of Guadeloupe tackles the same problem by asking a more fundamental cultural and historical question.
Contents
Identity
Sun Stone
Virgin of Guadalupe
Sun Stone
Virgin of Guadalupe
More Information
Title:
Cantos Sagrados
("Weihegesänge")
Language:
English, Latin
Edition:
Choral score
Brand:
Boosey & Hawkes
Year of composition:
1989
Playing time:
N ′
Technical Details
Product number:
BH 5401071
ISMN13:
979-0-060-09872-7
UPC:
073999931235
Weight:
0,18 kg
Pages:
64
Format:
18.5cm x 26cm
Binding:
Saddle-wire stitching
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