![]() ![]() There Ramirez had an encounter with a group of nuns, which led him to think of writing “a spiritual piece.” He told the Jerusalem Post in an interview, “I felt that I had to compose something deep and religious that would revere life and involve people beyond their creeds, race, color or origin”. ![]() The Washington Post described it as a “stunning artistic achievement combined Spanish text with indigenous instruments and rhythms….A reverent carnival.”īut the inspiration for it was anything but merry the idea for it took root after a visit to Germany after the Holocaust. It is one of the first Masses to be composed in a modern language after Vatican Council II. Ramirez wrote the work shortly after the Second Vatican Council permitted the celebration of the Roman Catholic Mass in the vernacular. This year marks the 50 th anniversary of a landmark composition of sacred music, the Misa Criolla by iconic Argentine pianist and composer Ariel Ramirez (1921-2010), one of the leading figures of Argentine nativism. ![]()
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