Catalonian Christmas Carols
Yesterday I went to church, and at the end of the service Juan, the guy who makes announcements, mentioned that anyone who wanted to be in the Christmas choir could meet at the front of the room after the service.
A friend of mine had recently told me if I ever had the chance, I should join a Spanish Christmas choir because Catalonian Christmas carols (Catalonia being a region of Spain in the Northeast, near where I’m living) are known internationally. My friend told me every choir she’s been in, and she’s been in choirs in countries all over the world, has sung at least one Catalonian Christmas carol every year. Now that she was living in Spain, she wasn’t going to miss the opportunity to sing in a Spanish Christmas choir.
I walked to the front of the room to learn more. Sidling myself up to a new friend of mine, I asked him about the Christmas carols. I said something like, “A friend of mine told me Catalonian Christmas carols are beautiful. Do you know which ones we’ll be singing?”
He looked at me. “This isn’t Catalonia,” he said. “We’re more international. We sing ‘Silent Night.’”
Additional Resources:
If you’d like to learn a few Catalonian Christmas carols yourself this Christmas season, here’s a couple to get you started:
“El Cant Dels Ocells”
lyrics and sheet music
“Fum, Fum, Fum”
lyrics and sheet music
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