Estrellitas

for choir SATB or SSAB with trumpet, marimba, double bass and percussion

Duration 3'

Words traditional Spanish

commissioned by Wartburg College Iowa 2008

Text

Estrellitas de los cielos
Que a Jesús miráis llorar
Y no lloráis, y no lloráis
Alumbrad la noche oscura
Con vuestra luz clara y pura
[Merry Christmas, everybody, Feliz Navidad!]

(translation: Little stars in the heavens, if you see Jesus crying, don't cry yourselves, but illuminate the dark night with your clear and pure light)

these words are the third verse of the traditional Spanish carol Veinticino de diciembre

Categories choral - mixed voices accompanied