We recorded “Arièjo ô moun païs”, sung by the Vocal Ensemble “Unisson”
Choir director Jeanine Prosper
Arquizat-Miglos Church – Saturday April 9, 2016
Father Sabas Maury was the parish priest of Miglos from 1890 to 1906.
He composed “Arièjo ô moun païs”, which has since become the hymn to Ariège:
Sabas Jean-Marie Aubin Maury
Born March 1, 1863 in Gestiés.
He was appointed parish priest of Miglos on January 19, 1890.
He remained there until 1906.
He was appointed on August 24, 1906, dean of Varilhes.
He died on November 26, 1923 at the age of 61 after 37 years of priesthood.
He was buried in Varilhe
Paraulos è musico dé Sabas Maury
“M. Sabas Maury a coumposat uno autro poulido cansou, en francès : Ariège; Solos; refren à tres partidos è acoumpagnoment de piano.
Se canto pertout; dins nostré païs è dins toutos las Souciétats Ariégeoisos del moun.
Se ben : un franc (bint sous) ché M. Gadrat, carriéro de la Labistour, à Foix, o ché M. Sabas Maury, à Miglos (Arièjo).”
Creator:
- by Arièjo ô moun Païs, the well-known Ariège anthem dedicated to the Amicale des Ariègeois in Paris,
- of a song of Ariège, a patriotic song dedicated to the Amicale des Ariégeois in Bordeaux,
- of a song sung on the day of the coronation of Notre Dame de Sabart Tarascon sur Ariège, June 7, 1954,
- and many other songs …
