Gabriela Lena Frank :: Requiem for a Magical America (El dia de los muertos)


 

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Frank, Gabriela Lena
1972-0000
(b Berkeley, CA, 26 Sept 1972). American composer of mixed descent (Peruvian, Chinese & Lithuanian).
Requiem for a Magical America (El dia de los muertos)
<2006; rev 2012>
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Originally for band; arranged for orchestra by the composer, 2012.
Musicians not otherwise occupied hum in the brief last mvt.
I. Preludio: Canto Religioso (Prelude: Religious Song)
II. Sacando a los Espíritus Malos (Driving Away the
Evil Spirits)
III. Danza del Pueblo (Village Dance)
IV. Calaveras (Skeletons/Satiric Verses)
V. El Cementerio (The Cemetery)
VI. La Llegada de los Muertos (The Arrival of the Dead)
VII. Almas Perdidas (Lost Souls)
VIII. Danza sel Guerrero Precolombino (Dance of the …
Warrior)
IX. Epílogo: Canto Religioso (Epilogue: Religious
Song)
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Contents—I. Preludio: Canto Religioso (Prelude: Religious Song); II. Sacando a los Espíritus Malos (Driving Away the Evil Spirits); III. Danza del Pueblo (Village Dance); IV. Calaveras (Skeletons/Satiric Verses); V. El Cementerio (The Cemetary); VI. La Llegada de los Muertos (The Arrival of the Dead); VII. Almas Perdidas (Lost Souls); VIII. Danza sel Guerrero Precolombino Dance of the Pre-Colombian Warrior); IX. Epílogo: Canto Religioso (Epilogue: Religious Song)