Somos del oriente

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Somos del oriente los tres

Translator: Alfredo Campechano; Author: John H. Hopkins (1857)
Tune: KINGS OF ORIENT
Published in 1 hymnal

Piano/Organ
	Three for Epiphany

Instrumental
	A Carol Suite for Flute, Clarinet or Obo…

Handbells
	Star of Wonder

Translator: Alfredo Campechano

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Author: John H. Hopkins

John Henry Hopkins, Jr MA USA 1820-1891. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, having 12 siblings, the son of pioneer parents (his father from Dublin, his mother from Hamburg) he became an ecclesiologist. His father had been an ironmaster, school teacher, lawyer, priest and second Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, (becoming presiding bishop in 1865). When his father founded the Vermont Episcopal Institute, he needed an assistant to help run it, so he picked his son to become a tutor and disciplinarian. The younger Hopkins played the flute and bugle in the school orchestra and also taught Sunday school. John Henry reflected the artistic talents of both parents in music, poetry, and art. After graduating from the University of Vermont in 1839, he returned… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Somos del oriente los tres
Title:	Somos del oriente
English Title:	We three kings of Orient are
Author:	John H. Hopkins (1857)
Translator:	Alfredo Campechano
Language:	Spanish
Refrain First Line:	¡Oh! bella estrella angelical
Copyright:	© Alfredo Campechano