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El sol que se apaga (Sun That Fades to Darkness)

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El sol que se apaga apenas encendido (Sun that fades to darkness barely after dawning)

Author: Pablo D. Sosa; Translator: Mary Louise Bringle
Tune: EL SOL QUE SE APAGA
Published in 1 hymnal


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Author: Pablo D. Sosa

Pablo Sosa (b. 1933 - d. 2020) grew up and was educated in Argentina, the U.S. (Westminster Choir College), and Germany. For years he pastored a large Methodist congregation in Buenos Aires, Argentina while composing songs, leading choirs, editing hymnals, producing religious broadcasts, and teaching liturgy and hymnology at a seminary. Meanwhile, life in Argentina pushed him to question his assumptions about what’s best for congregational singing. During Argentina’s “dirty war,” two young women from his church were disappeared, possibly for working among the poor. As Catholic and Protestant churches hesitated whether to speak out, remain silent, or support the government, many people lost faith. Economic meltdown after the war… Go to person page >

Translator: Mary Louise Bringle

(no biographical information available about Mary Louise Bringle.) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: El sol que se apaga apenas encendido (Sun that fades to darkness barely after dawning)
Title: El sol que se apaga (Sun That Fades to Darkness)
Spanish Title: El sol que se apaga apenas encendido
Author: Pablo D. Sosa
Translator: Mary Louise Bringle
Meter: 12.11.6.6.6.4 with refrain
Language: English; Spanish
Refrain First Line: La medida de nuestra vida (For the measure of all our living)
Copyright: © tr. © 2019, GIA Publications, Inc.

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