Text by Marlos Nobre based on the folklore of Bahia; First performance: 15 August 1973, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, by the Choral Ars Nova, conducted by Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca; Recordings: MVL/FUNARTE 024 (The University of Texas Chamber Singers); EMI ANGEL 063.422921 (Choral Harmonia); MUSIC MASTERS CLASSICS CD 01 612-67176-2 (The Western Wind); BACHIANA CD 109.136 (Cia Bachiana Brasileira); CD OS 4846 (The Princeton Singers); duration: 2:30mins ; on sale.
Instrumentación: Mixed Choir (SATB) «a cappella»
Edición: Marlos Nobre Edition
Puede adquirirse en: marlosnobre.edition@uol.com.br . On sale.
Hizo estudios de composición con Hans J. Koelreutter y Camargo Guarnieri. Posteriormente, con Ginastera, Messiaen, Malipiero, Copland y Dallapiccola en el Centro Latinoamericano de Altos Estudios Musicales del Instituto Torcuato Di Tella de Buenos Aires.