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Pastores a Belén: the melody (soprano)

The melody of Pastores a Belén, sung by the soprano, in G, from D4 to E5. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Carries the tune, most often on B and C, with many repeated notes, from its low D, only on the first notes of "Pastores" and "Vamos", leaping up a sixth from there, to its top E: on the middle of "María.", on the "llí, a-" that joins two "allí"s before "Nos espera Jesús," and again before "Nos convida su luz.", and on the start of "Niño" in the refrain's second "Llevemos" line.

Range
D4 to E5
Key
G
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About Pastores a Belén

Words: unsigned, as printed in Cánticos espirituales con música (Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1916)

Tune: unsigned, as printed in Cánticos espirituales con música (Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1916)

Pastores a Belén calls the shepherds to Bethlehem "A ver á nuestro bien", to see our good, and its refrain brings "turrones y miel", nougat and honey, to the Child Manuel. The earliest printing of its music that we have seen, unsigned, is in Cánticos espirituales con música (Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1916). The book's note says it at last brings out the music of the Cánticos espirituales collected by Father J. B. Ralliere, who served Tomé, New Mexico, from 1858 to 1911, and that it leaves the songs "intactos" as far as it can, because the people of its region "así los conoce, así los canta, así los quiere" (knows them, sings them, loves them this way). We sing its page a tone higher, in G, keeping its "á" for "a", with four parts of our own: the verse and the refrain, for 2 to 4 singers.

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