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Baryton. Gracias a la vida

# A La Huella A La Huella 02:58 (aka "La Peregrinacion"); villancico (Christmas song); composer: Ariel Ramírez; writer: Félix Luna

José de Cañizares

Also extant are a few of Cañizares' non-dramatic works, most notably a collection of lyrics for villancicos de Navidad (Christmas carols) commissioned by the Royal Chapel of Madrid, and two examples of Gongorine-style funereal prose in honor of the Dauphin of France, father of Felipe V.

Manuel de Oms, 1st Marquis of Castelldosrius

He translated the hymns of Saint Thomas Aquinas and wrote the dramas El Mejor Escudo de Perseo and Triunfos del Amor y del Poder and the comic sketch A cantar un villancico.

Matthaeus Pipelare

The third of the seven voices even quotes the contemporary Spanish villancico "Nunca fué pena mayor" (never was there a greater pain) by Juan de Urrede.

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco

Throughout his career as a composer he received wide acclaim; his villancicos were known as far away as Guatemala, and at both Trujillo and Cuzco his opinions were solicited before crucial musical decisions were taken.


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