Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.504172 Composed by Arranged by Francisco (Francesc) Alió i Brea (1862-1908, Barcelona). Arranged by Alpin Smart (transcription for voice and guitar). Children,Christmas,Folk. Score. 1 pages. SmartWorks Publications #116103. Published by SmartWorks Publications (A0.504172). Catalan folk songs have a quality quite unlike anything else, and certainly nothing like the music we so readily associate with Spain - 'Flamenco' and 'Cante jondo'. The most famous of these is the achingly beautiful and utterly haunting El Cant dels ocells (Song of the Birds), made famous by the great Catalan cellist, Pablo Casals, and set (twice!) by Joaquin Nin, as well as an exquisite solo guitar version by Federic Mompou. All have this haunting and ethereal quality. These songs are well-known as solo guitar works by Miguel Llobet (1878-1938, Barcelona) in his celebrated 16 Folksong Settings, made famous by Segovia, and much-loved by generations of guitarists.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.504171 Composed by Arranged by Francisco (Francesc) Alió i Brea (1862-1908, Barcelona). Arranged by Alpin Smart (transcription for voice and guitar). Children,Christmas,Folk. Score. 1 pages. SmartWorks Publications #116102. Published by SmartWorks Publications (A0.504171). Another beautiful Catalan folk song (a Christmas tune - the Mother is, of course, Mary, mother of Christ), well-known to guitarists in Miguel Llobet's solo guitar arrangement from his 16 Folksong Settings. The arranger, Francesc Alió, not only collected and arranged Catalan folk songs, in 1892, he composed the Catalan national anthem, Els Segadors, based on a folk tune from his collection, Canciones populars catalones.