Aquí tenéis un precioso tema del compositor Eric Whitacre: Seal Lullaby, basado en un poema de Rudyard Kipling. La canción fue escrita como banda sonora para una película de Disney que no llegó a realizarse. Espero que lo disfrutéis.
Texto y traducción
The seal Lullaby
Oh! Hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us,
and black are the waters that sparkled so green.
The moon, o’er the combers, looks downward to find us,
at rest in the hollows that rustle between.
Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow,
Oh weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!
The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee,
asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas.
La nana de la foca
Oh! Silencio, hijo mío, la noche está tras nosotros,
y negras son las aguas que tan verdes brillaban.
La luna, sobre las olas, mira hacia abajo para encontrarnos,
descansando en los huecos que susurran entremedio.
Donde las olas se encuentran, será blanda tu almohada,
Oh, my pequeño y cansado ‘aletitas’, acurrúcate a gusto!
La tormenta no te despertará, ni el tiburón te alcanzará,
dormido en los brazos del suave balanceo de los mares.
Hola Adriana,gracias por tu blog. Supongo que debes estar muy atareada pero no puedo evitar decirte que hecho de menos nuevas entradas.
ResponderEliminarGracias de nuevo.
Gracias, Jordi. Este es un curso bastante complicado para tener el blog al día, pero en cuestión de 3 o 4 meses estoy segura de que recuperaré el ritmo con el blog. Efectivamente, me falta tiempo pero no ganas :)
ResponderEliminarSaludos
Hola Adriana, desde Chile admiro tu trabajo. Soy profesora de un coro escolar de niños pequeños y me encantó esta versión de Seal Lullaby. ¿Me podrías enviar la partitura coral o decirme donde puedo encontrarla?. Yo la he buscado mucho pero no la encuentro. Te lo agradecería muchísimo.
ResponderEliminarGracias por tus aportes.
Cariños
Leonor Mardones
mi mail es: leomarurr@hotmail.com
Hola, Leonor. Muchas gracias por el comentario.
ResponderEliminarMe temo que sólo podrás encontrar la partitura en páginas de pago, ya que se trata de un compositor actual. De todas formas, es muy barata porque se vende suelta (anda por 3 dólares o menos). La tienes en amazon.com, en musicroom, etc. De todas formas, los enlaces más baratos que he encontrado son los siguientes. Habría que ver a cuánto ascienden los gastos de envío para Chile.
http://www.allmusicmethods.com/products/The-Seal-Lullaby-SSA/HAL-08749771.aspx
http://www.a-cappella.com/product/15686/sheet_music_hal_leonard
Es posible que me haya olvidado de alguna página más barata. Puedes buscar por Seal Lullaby SSA.
Un abrazo y que disfrutéis de la canción.
Hola Adriana me gustaría saber a que película perteneció.
ResponderEliminarEs por curiosidad
Hola. Yo recordaba haberle escuchado la anécdota a Whitacre en uno de los cursos que dio en España. La película no se llegó a realizar porque en su lugar hicieron Kung Fu Panda (ups), pero era un proyecto de una película animada llamada "la foca blanca". Lo que yo recordaba mal es que no debía de ser de Disney, sino de Dreamworks. Esta anécdota también se recoge en su web:
ResponderEliminar"I received a call from a major film studio. Stephen had recommended me to them and they wanted to know if I might be interested in writing music for an animated feature. I was incredibly excited, said yes, and took the meeting.
The creative executives with whom I met explained that the studio heads had always wanted to make an epic adventure, a classic animated film based on Kipling’s The White Seal. I have always loved animation (the early Disney films; Looney Tunes; everything Pixar makes) and I couldn’t believe that I might get a chance to work in that grand tradition on such great material.
The White Seal is a beautiful story, classic Kipling, dark and rich and not at all condescending to kids. Best of all, Kipling begins his tale with the mother seal singing softly to her young pup. (The opening poem is called The Seal Lullaby).
I was struck so deeply by those first beautiful words, and a simple, sweet Disney-esque song just came gushing out of me. I wrote it down as quickly as I could, had my wife record it while I accompanied her at the piano, and then dropped it off at the film studio.
I didn’t hear anything from them for weeks and weeks, and I began to despair. Did they hate it? Was it too melodically complex? Did they even listen to it? Finally, I called them, begging to know the reason that they had rejected my tender little song. “Oh,” said the exec, “we decided to make Kung Fu Panda instead”.
Saludos
Hola. Yo recordaba haberle escuchado la anécdota a Whitacre en uno de los cursos que dio en España. La película no se llegó a realizar porque en su lugar hicieron Kung Fu Panda (ups), pero era un proyecto de una película animada llamada "la foca blanca". Lo que yo recordaba mal es que no debía de ser de Disney, sino de Dreamworks. Esta anécdota también se recoge en su web:
ResponderEliminar"I received a call from a major film studio. Stephen had recommended me to them and they wanted to know if I might be interested in writing music for an animated feature. I was incredibly excited, said yes, and took the meeting.
The creative executives with whom I met explained that the studio heads had always wanted to make an epic adventure, a classic animated film based on Kipling’s The White Seal. I have always loved animation (the early Disney films; Looney Tunes; everything Pixar makes) and I couldn’t believe that I might get a chance to work in that grand tradition on such great material.
The White Seal is a beautiful story, classic Kipling, dark and rich and not at all condescending to kids. Best of all, Kipling begins his tale with the mother seal singing softly to her young pup. (The opening poem is called The Seal Lullaby).
I was struck so deeply by those first beautiful words, and a simple, sweet Disney-esque song just came gushing out of me. I wrote it down as quickly as I could, had my wife record it while I accompanied her at the piano, and then dropped it off at the film studio.
I didn’t hear anything from them for weeks and weeks, and I began to despair. Did they hate it? Was it too melodically complex? Did they even listen to it? Finally, I called them, begging to know the reason that they had rejected my tender little song. “Oh,” said the exec, “we decided to make Kung Fu Panda instead”.
Saludos