Earthsongs Guantanamera - Cuban/Glickman - SATB

• Composer/Author: CUBAN (GLICKMAN, GENE)
• Instrumentation: SATB ACCOMP
• Model # S-112

Woman from Guantanamo

Music: Jose Fernandez
Lyrics: Jose Marti
Arranger: Gene Glickman
Language: Spanish
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SATB

This song by Jose Fernandez comes from Cuba. The text was written about a century ago by Jose Marti, an important Cuban poet, known as "the Father of his Country."

The music is derived from a pre-existing Cuban song/dance form which makes the words of the refrain much older than Marti's verses. "Guantanamara" is a woman from Guantanamo, the south-easternmost region of the island of Cuba. "Guajira" is a peasant woman. Thus, the refrain refers to a peasant woman from Guantanamo.