page_title: Alma Llanera
hierarchical_section_title: Alma Llanera
caption_attribution_description: Imagen de la portada de la primera edición del libreto de Alma llanera, que escribio Rafael Bolivar Coronado.
context_page_description: "Alma Llanera" is a Venezuelan song, a joropo, created by Venezuelan musicians Pedro Elías Gutiérrez and Rafael Bolívar Coronado. It was originally part of a zarzuela whose premiere was on September 19, 1914, at the Teatro Caracas. Alma Llanera has since come to be considered as Venezuela's unofficial second national anthem. Its hundredth anniversary was marked by its being declared Bien de Interés Cultural.
  The first part of Alma Llanera is inspired on the waltz Marisela by composer Sebastian Díaz Peña from Venezuela, while the second part of Alma Llanera is inspired on the waltz Mita by the Curaçaon composer Jan Gerard Palm. The title refers to the Llaneros, the herders of Venezuela whose culture is part of the country popular imagery. The llanero culture is at the root of the joropo, firstly as a dance and then as a musical genre.
  It is a tradition in Venezuela to end any social reunion or party with the intonation of Alma Llanera. The OSV made an arrangement of this piece of music to commemorate the 75 years of this widely popular song.
context_section_description: "Alma Llanera" ("Soul of the Plains") is a Venezuelan song, a joropo, created by Venezuelan musicians Pedro Elías Gutiérrez (composer) and Rafael Bolívar Coronado (lyricist). It was originally part of a zarzuela whose premiere was on September 19, 1914, at the Teatro Caracas. Alma Llanera has since come to be considered as Venezuela's unofficial second national anthem. Its hundredth anniversary was marked by its being declared Bien de Interés Cultural.
  The first part of Alma Llanera is inspired on the waltz Marisela by composer Sebastian Díaz Peña from Venezuela, while the second part of Alma Llanera is inspired on the waltz Mita by the Curaçaon composer Jan Gerard Palm (1831-1906).  The title refers to the Llaneros, the herders of Venezuela  whose culture is part of the country popular imagery. The llanero culture is at the root of the joropo, firstly as a dance and then as a musical genre.
  It is a tradition in Venezuela to end any social reunion or party with the intonation of Alma Llanera. The OSV (Venezuela Symphony Orchestra) made an arrangement of this piece of music to commemorate the 75 years of this widely popular song.
  Today, Alma Llanera is considered as a Latin America landmark song and has been performed by many famous singers all over the world such as the Spanish tenor, Plácido Domingo.
  
  The original lyrics of the Alma Llanera are as follows:
  Yo nací en esta ribera
  del Arauca vibrador,
  soy hermana de la espuma,
  de las garzas, de las rosas,
  soy hermana de la espuma,
   
  de las garzas, de las rosas
  y del sol, y del sol.
  Me arrulló la viva Diana
  de la brisa en el palmar,
  y por eso tengo el alma
  como el alma primorosa,
  y por eso tengo el alma
  como el alma primorosa
  del cristal, del cristal.
  Amo, lloro, canto, sueño
  con claveles de pasión,
  con claveles de pasión.
  Amo, lloro, canto, sueño
  para ornar las rubias crines
  del potro de mi amador.
  Yo nací en esta ribera
  del Arauca vibrador,
  soy hermana de la espuma,
  de las garzas, de las rosas
  y del sol.
  
  A translation:
  I was born in this stream
  of the vibrating Arauca River,
  I am sister of its foam,
  of the herons, of the roses,
  I am  sister of its foam,
  of the herons, of the roses
  and the sun, and the sun.
  I was lulled by the vivid reveille
  of the breeze in the palm grove,
  and so I have the soul
  like the exquisite soul,
  and so I have the soul
  like the exquisite soul
   
  of the crystal, of the crystal.
  I love, I weep, I sing, I dream
  with carnations of passion,
  with carnations of passion.
  I love, I weep, I sing, I dream
  to adorn the blonde mane
  of my lover's colt.
  I was born in this stream
  of the vibrating Arauca River,
  I am  sister of its foam,
  of the herons, of the roses
  and the sun.
caption: Cover of the first edition of Alma Llanera, unofficial second national anthem of Venezuela
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