"Riu, Riu, Chiu" is a 16th Century Spanish villancico
by an anonymous composer. The villancico is attributed
by some sources to Mateo Flecha the Elder, who died in
1553. The villancico is verse, set to popular dance
rhythms, depicting pastoral Nativity scenes with a
country flavor (animals and shepherds).
This traditional Spanish Christmas carol in honor of
the Blessed Virgin Mary is of the type known as a
'villancico', dating from the 16th century. The song is
a lesson in Catholic d...(+)
"Riu, Riu, Chiu" is a 16th Century Spanish villancico
by an anonymous composer. The villancico is attributed
by some sources to Mateo Flecha the Elder, who died in
1553. The villancico is verse, set to popular dance
rhythms, depicting pastoral Nativity scenes with a
country flavor (animals and shepherds).
This traditional Spanish Christmas carol in honor of
the Blessed Virgin Mary is of the type known as a
'villancico', dating from the 16th century. The song is
a lesson in Catholic doctrine on the Immaculate
Conception of Our Lady as well as the birth of Our Lord
who came to redeem the world from the guilt of
sin.
This arrangement for the Sierra Vista United Methodist
Church (SVUMC) is to be sung by a lone male voice, with
the main choir singing the chorus.
Mike, I think she is talking about the cleffs in the music. Courtney, it may seem like the notes of alto part are higher than the soprano but he is using a tenor clef, printed as a treble clef with a subscript "8", for the alto part since the true tenor clef has generally fallen into disuse in vocal writings, this "octave-dropped" treble clef is often called the tenor clef.
Good catch! Unfortunately, the SoundFont used with MuseScore (the Music Editing Software I use) does not all gender selection on the choral "Ahs". I will research to see if there are other options I could use instead. Thank you for your observation! -- Mike Magatagan
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