GIAN-CARLA sings - Bolivianos: El hado propicio (Bolivian National Anthem)

GIAN-CARLA in 'Canciones de Cambio'
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Arrangements by GIAN-CARLA
Elio Villafranca, piano
Luques Curtis, bass
Reinaldo de Jesus, percussion

Bolivianos: el hado propicio
(Bolivians a most favorable destiny)
José Ignacio de Sanjinés,
Leopoldo Benedetto Vincenti -- Bolivia 1851

1. Bolivians, a most favorable destiny
has at long last crowned our vows and longings;
This land is free, free at last.
Its servile state has now finally ceased.
The martial turmoil of yesterday,
and the horrible clamor of war,
are followed today, in harmonious contrast,
by sweet hymns of peace and unity.

Let us keep the lofty name of our Fatherland
in glorious splendor conserved.
And, on its altars, once more we must swear:
to die before we would live as slaves!
To die before we would live as slaves!
To die before we would live as slaves!

2. If a foreigner may, any given day
even attempt to subjugate Bolivia,
let him prepare for a fatal destiny,
which menaces such an arrogant aggressor.
For the sons of the mighty Bolívar
have sworn, thousands upon thousands of times:
to die rather than see the fatherland's
majestic banner humiliated.
To die rather than see the the fatherland's
majestic banner humiliated.

3. Eternal praise to the brave warriors
whose heroic valor and firmness
conquered the freedom and glories that now
a happy Bolivia justly begins to enjoy!
Let their names, preserved forever in marble and bronze, transmit their glory to remote future ages.
And in resounding song let them repeat their simple call:
Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
And in resounding song let them repeat their simple call:
Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!

Notes on the music: 'Bolivianos: del hado propicio' is the title of the national anthem of Bolivia. In its original form it is composed of 4 verses with intermittent chorus (highlighted in the text above). In this arrangement the first verse is performed within the framework of its original music. For the second verse I composed new music in a Minor key to contrast with the original Major key the music was composed in. The original Major harmonic structure returns with the third verse. Traditionally Bolivians sing the first and third verse and the chorus is sung in between both verses. After the third verse the chorus is repeated and the anthem ends on the word '¡Libertad!' (Freedom!).

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