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On "Al pasar por el cuartel" - (2024)
A melody used as a hand-clapping game for children becomes the theme for this 'military" duo.
"Al pasar por el cuartel / Se me cayó un botón / Y vino el coronel / A pegarme un pisotón. / ¡Qué pisotón me dio / El cacho de animal
/ Que estuve siete días / Sin poderme levantar!"
Translated: "When I passed by the barracks / One of my buttons fell off / And the colonel came / And stepped on my foot. / How hard this brute / Stepped on my foot, / That I couldn't get up / For seven days." And more....
2 pages, circa 2' 00" - an MP3 demo is here:
The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this score and parts.
