Category:   ETHNIC MUSIC
Composer:   Guatemalan song
Arranger:   Felipe de J. Ortega, ed. William Belan
Publisher:   Twin Elm Publishing
Edition:   TEOO-13
Voicing:   SATBPicaflor is a lively song in a popular folk style, describing the vivid, almost surreal colors of hummingbirds and butterflies swarming the gardens. The piece is an exuberant exercise in flexible singing and swift dynamic changes – approach it playfully and have fun. Medium
Setting:   A Cappella

Reviewer:   

Martha Coventry Graber
St. Paul Central High School 2009
R&R Chair Ethnic Music

Picaflor is a lively song in a popular folk style, describing the vivid, almost surreal colors of hummingbirds and butterflies swarming the gardens. The piece is an exuberant exercise in flexible singing and swift dynamic changes – approach it playfully and have fun.

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