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Text:Feliz la gente (How Blest the People)
Author:Juan A. Espinosa
Translator:Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953
Tune:FELIZ EL HOMBRE
Arranger:Marcus Hong
Composer:Juan Espinosa

1E. Feliz la gente (How Blest the People)

Text Information
First Line: Feliz la gente (How blest the people)
Title: Feliz la gente (How Blest the People)
Spanish Title: Feliz la gente
Author: Juan A. Espinosa
Translator: Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953
Refrain First Line: Feliz será (How blest they are)
Language: English; Spanish
Publication Date: 2012
Scripture:
Topic: Atheism; Blessing; Church Year: All Saints' Day (30 more...)
Copyright: © 1990 Juan A. Espinosa, admin. OCP Publications
Tune Information
Name: FELIZ EL HOMBRE
Composer: Juan Espinosa
Arranger: Marcus Hong
Key: d minor
Copyright: © 1990 Juan A. Espinosa, admin. OCP Publications; Arr. © 2011 OCP PUblications
Notes: The first four stanzas flesh out Ps. 1:1, elaborating on the sorts of paths that should be avoided. In contrast, st. 5 describes the fruits of the righteous path. Even when sung by English-speaking congregations, the refrain is best sung in Spanish. There is a playful, rhythmic interplay between the steady eighth-note pattern in the bass of the accompaniment and the driving 3+3+2 rhythm of the melody. These counterrhythms can be heightened by percussion instruments such as shakers and woodblock.



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