Published on
December 17, 2020
Video length
3 mins
Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Epiphany, as part of the series "Songs from the hymnal / Cantos del himnario Santo, Santo, Santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.'"

This series contains songs that can all be found in the hymnal,  (GIA Publications, Inc., 2019). Carlos Colón served as a consultant, translator, and arranger for this hymnal. The following three songs are songs for Epiphany.

Learn more about Santo, santo, santo / Holy, Holy, Holy.

 

1. "Tras hermoso lucero / Eastern Sages Set Out"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 108

Text: Catalina Bardwell de Noble ©; tr. by Mary Louise Bringle © 2019, Catalina Bardwell de Noble
Tune: Mexican melody; Himnos y cantos para los niños
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

2. "De tierra lejana venimos / From a Distant Home"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 110

Text: Villancico Puerto Rico; tr. by Geroge K. Evans and Walter Ehret © 1963, 1980 Walter Ehret and George K. Evans, admin. by Walton Music Corp., a division of GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: Villancico Puerto Rico
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

3. "Christ, Be Our Light / Cristo, la luz"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 242

Text: Bernadette Farrell; tr. by George Lockwood
Tune: Bernadette Farrell
© 1993, 2000, tr. © 2012 Bernadette Farrell. Published by OCP
Used by permission. All rights reserved. 

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