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Carlos Cordero

Hola, People! My name is Carlos Cordero. I am a new choral music advocate, composer, hug-giver, and singer with a crazy mind. My passion for new choral music and connecting with others has led me to create meaningful experiences and relationships, including recently writing “Holding Our Breath” with poet Julie Flanders commissioned by ACDA’s Genesis...

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The Happy Choir (Carlos Cordero)

Away in A Manger

Name: Away in A Manger
SKU: CC0029
Availability: InStock

Carlos Cordero

A simple, vulnerable carol that explores how fragile we can be if we let it happen.

Choral

mixed choir

1-2 instruments, a cappella

holiday, sacred

Difficulty: 3

Duration: less than 3 min.

CC0029

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for SATB a capella and violin

Composer’s Notes

The vulnerability of this text is one I wanted to express in my music. Setting Away in a Manger has been an adventure of understanding how fragile can we be if we let it happen. It reminds me of the love that family and friends share during the holidays, asking the little Lord Jesus to keep us safe and the ones around us.

-Carlos Cordero

Text

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head;
the stars in the heavens looked down where He lay,
the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,
but little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes.
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
and stay by my side until morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stay
close by me forever and love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,
and fit us for heaven, to live with Thee there.

-Traditional

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