Published on
November 2, 2020
Video length
2 mins
Carlos Colón demonstrates and talks about three songs for Advent, 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, Santo, santo, santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God (GIA Publications, Inc., 2019). Carlos Colón served as a consultant, translator, and arranger for this hymnal. The following three songs are songs for Advent.

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

 

1. "Savior of the Nations, Come / Ven, de pueblos Redentor"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 67

Text: Veni, redemptor gentium, ascr. to St. Ambrose of Milan, 340-397; English tr. by Calvin Seerveld © 1984; Spanish tr. sts. 1 and 7, J. A. Seggin and R Ribeiro, ©; sts. 2-6 Constanza Bongarrá, alt.  © 2019, GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: Enchiridia, Erfurt, 1524; harm. by Sethus Calvisius, 1556-1615
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

 

2. "Preparen el camino / Make Ready a Highway"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 76

Text: Fernando Rodríguz, siglo XX, alt; tr. by Ronald F. Krisman, alt.
Tune: Fernando Rodríguz, siglo XX; arr. by Robert E. Kreutz
© 1989, 1990, tr. © 2012, OCP
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
 

 

3. "El Dios de paz / Peace-giving God"

Santo, Santo, Santo: Cantos para el pueblo de Dios / Holy, Holy, Holy: Songs for the People of God # 65

Text: Anonymous; adapt. by el comité editorial del himnario Albricias; tr. by Mary Louise Bringle © 2005, GIA Publications, Inc.
Tune: arr. by Ronald F. Krisman © 2005 GIA Publications, Inc.
Used by permission. All rights reserved. 

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