The Angel Gabriel - A Basque Carol - arranged for four guitars by Vincent Coley

Composer

folklore

Arranger

Vincent Coley

Lyricist

folklore

Publisher

Vincent Coley

Genre

Classical / Instrumental

Instrumentation

Acoustic guitar, Classical guitar

Scored for

Quartet

Type of score

Full score

Key

A minor

Duration

0'38"

Language

English

Difficulty

Easy

Description
"Gabriel's Message" or "The angel Gabriel from heaven came" (Basque: Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen) is a Basque Christmas (Advent) folk carol about the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary by the archangel Gabriel that she would become the mother of Jesus Christ the Son of God. It quotes the biblical account of that event (Luke, Chapter 1, verses 26-38) and Mary's Magnificat (Luke 1.46-55)