Short Name: | Pablo D. Sosa |
Full Name: | Sosa, Pablo D. |
Birth Year: | 1933 |
Death Year: | 2020 |
Pablo Sosa (b. 1933 - d. 2020) grew up and was educated in Argentina, the U.S. (Westminster Choir College), and Germany. For years he pastored a large Methodist congregation in Buenos Aires, Argentina while composing songs, leading choirs, editing hymnals, producing religious broadcasts, and teaching liturgy and hymnology at a seminary.
Meanwhile, life in Argentina pushed him to question his assumptions about what’s best for congregational singing. During Argentina’s “dirty war,” two young women from his church were disappeared, possibly for working among the poor. As Catholic and Protestant churches hesitated whether to speak out, remain silent, or support the government, many people lost faith. Economic meltdown after the war plunged many middle-class Argentinians into poverty. Sosa’s growing social awareness widened his vision for “lifting up hope with a song.” He often describes worship as “the fiesta of the faithful,” where all are welcome and all music is seen as “part of the ‘song of the earth,’ which answers the psalmist’s call ‘Sing joyfully to God, all the earth!’ (Psalm 98:4).”
Whether in his home church, Iglesia Evangélica Metodista La Tercera (Third Methodist Church) in Buenos Aires, or at churches or conferences around the world, he urges people, “Put your body into worship!” And he reminds them of the biblical connection between justice and worship.
CICW Website Bio (http://www.calvin.edu/worship)
Tunes by Pablo D. Sosa (28) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ORÉ PORIAJÚ VEREKÓ | Pablo Sosa (Composer (descant)) | 1 | 34517 64327 65 |
[Si se cae la esperanza de tu pecho] | Pablo D. Sosa, n. 1933 (Adapter) | 1 | 33543 54321 32153 |
[Now, in a song of grateful praise] (53513) | P. D. Sosa (Harmonizer) | 1 | 53513 43255 44732 |
[Ore mboriajú] | Pablo Sosa (Teacher) | 2 | 34517 64327 65321 |
ARGENTINE SANTO | Pablo D. Sosa (b. 1933) (Composer (two-part version)) | 2 | 33322 11117 66511 |
[Tres mujeres marchan muy de madrugada] | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 2 | 55432 17123 54643 |
[El abuelo se pone los anteojos] | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 2 | 51232 13211 75434 |
[Que esta iglesia sea un árbol en el fondo de tu casa] | Pablo D. Sosa, n. 1933 (Composer) | 2 | 56717 61767 27676 |
[Your duty let the Apostle show] | Pablo D. Sosa (Composer) | 2 | |
O GREAT SPIRIT | Pablo Sosa (Transcriber) | 2 | 11616 64154 66444 |
[Stranger unknown, thou art my God] | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 2 | 13172 12346 43545 |
[There's music in the air] (Sosa) | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 2 | 55667 11232 1 |
EL SOL QUE SE APAGA | Pablo D. Sosa, n. 1933 (Composer) | 2 | 12345 55434 55123 |
[Este momento en punto es el momento] | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 2 | 56532 15656 55652 |
[Miren qué bueno es cuando los creyentes están juntos] | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 2 | |
[¡Vengan!, ¡vengan!, ¡vengan!] | Pablo Sosa, n. 1933 (Composer) | 3 | 53317 11133 32217 |
[La bendición del Dios de Sara, Abraham y Agar] | Pablo Sosa, n. 1933 (Composer) | 3 | 51112 32121 75511 |
[Por qué te nombro con miedo] | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 3 | 51717 66555 55555 |
STOCKWELL (Sosa) | Pablo S. Sosa (Composer) | 4 | 11171 13432 21 |
[Hemos cubierto la tierra] | Pablo Sosa, n. 1933 (Composer) | 5 | 13131 35545 45431 |
BUENOS AIRES (Sosa) | Pablo D. Sosa (Composer) | 7 | 51115 51117 33377 |
SUS HECHOS | Pablo Sosa, n. 1933 (Composer) | 8 | 51312 22223 25134 |
ESTE ES EL DIA | Pablo D. Sosa (Composer) | 11 | 51115 51115 51115 |
CENTRAL | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 13 | 17113 23354 34231 |
CAMACUÁ | Pablo D. Sosa (Composer) | 15 | 12321 76175 12321 |
[Gloria, gloria, gloria en las alturas a Dios] (Sosa) | Pablo Sosa, b. 1947 (Composer) | 25 | 53535 32222 12353 |
ALEGRÍA (Sosa) | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 29 | 55433 45377 17555 |
MIREN QUÉ BUENO | Pablo Sosa (Composer) | 31 | 51164 25535 11642 |