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Tu scendi dalle stelle : for two-part choir with piano and optional descant/flute
by Sandra Milliken (2018)
Also known as: From starry skies descending
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Score
Tu scendi dalle stelle : two-part with piano and optional descant/flute / Alfonso Maria de' Liguori ; arranged by Sandra Milliken ; English text by Murray Milliken.
Library shelf no. 782.7542/MIL 3 [Not for loan]
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Score
Tu scendi dalle stelle : SSA choir with piano and optional descant/flute / Alfonso Maria de' Liguori ; arranged by Sandra Milliken ; English text by Murray Milliken.
Version: This product features the SA Choir with piano version of this work
Library shelf no. 782.6542/MIL 4 [Not for loan]
Work Overview
Tu scendi dalle stelle is amongst the oldest of Christmas songs in Italy. The original version was written in the mid-1700s in Naples by the Catholic Bishop of Sant'Agata dei Goti, Alfonso Maria de' Liguori. At that time it was called Quanno nascette Ninno and was written in the Neapolitan dialect in the style of a pastorale.
Tu scendi dalle stelle was later re-written in Italian by Pope Pius IX and thereafter it became famous as a Christmas carol all over the world.
Originally containing seven verses, today's performances of the carol in Italy generally include only the first two verses. This arrangement features both Italian and English lyrics, with the English version being a very close adaptation of the original Italian. The carol may therefore be sung in either Italian or English, or a combination of both.
Work Details
Year: 2018
Instrumentation: Two-part chorus, piano, optional descant/flute.
Duration: 4 min.
Difficulty: Easy
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Christmas Music
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