Alma Llanera
"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 bank" "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 bank" "of the vibrating Arauca River," "I am sister of its foam," "of the herons, of the roses" "and the sun." Alma Llanera "Alma