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La novia destrenza el pelo (11a)
The bride unfastens her tresses (v.1) and her "knight" (the groom) faints (v.2). He…
Ay díle si bien me quiere (10)
A wedding song. The bride asks to tell her beloved to come and fetch her on his mule (v.…
Hermana, hermana, hermana (9)
In this wedding song the bride's sister is invited to come early in the morning (v.1-2,…
Ajuar nuevo (8a)
A wedding song about the dowry display. It is very important that the bride's dowry…
7. Levantíśme, madre/ Hecha está la cama
(7a) This wedding song is about the choosing of a husband and what characteristics and…
Yo me levantaría un lunes (6a)
This song is performed at weddings, although the text refers only allusively to the…
Eres chiquita y bonita [Coplas de mateša] (5a)
Songs 5a and 5b are composed of a series of couplets sung at the swing as a poetic-…
Mateša, mateša (4a)
This is a nonsense song girls sing while sitting on a swing (mateša). The word for swing…
Sebastián Díaz Peña
The Venezuelan composer and pianist Sebastián Díaz Peña (1844-1926) was born in Puerto…
Ay, mi padre y ay, mi madre (3a)
A bar mitzvah song. The boy asks his parents to prepare a room for him where he can…