A Spanish Christmas Carol MILLSTONE PATRICK

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

Description :

Rondeau où the Shepherds,"so ran the official title où the famous Dutch Christmas carol ‘Midden in de winternacht’.
In 1948 wrote Dutch poet and writer Harry Prenen this text. The melody is known by the 17th/18th- century organ composers où suites Daquin, Balbautre and Dandrieu.
"Rondeau où the Shepherds"was subtitled"Catalan Christmas Carol".
The song itself is because its origins in a Spanish (Catalan probably) Christmas song from the late Middle Ages,"El Desembre congelat. The motives où this song (shepherds, flûtes, drums) demonstrate knowledge où the Bible and give a picture où the late medieval Christmas experience. .
Perfect as an uptempo intermezzoin a church service.