Partituras

Original

Quanno nascette Ninno. Alfonso Maria de' Liguori. A cappella or Basso continuo. Sacred , Carol. Language. Neapolitan. SAB.

Tradução

Quanno nascette Ninno. Alfonso María de Ligorio. Una capilla o bajo continuo. Sagrado, Carol. Idioma. Napolitano. SAB.

Original

The origin of this carol is uncertain. According to the tradition, it was composed in 1754 under the title Per la nascita di Gesù by st. Alphonsus in Deliceto, in the province of Foggia. Two different melodies are associated to this text, the better known of which is very close to Tu scendi dalle stelle. It is the only Italian song included in The Oxford Book of Carols.

Tradução

The origin of this carol is uncertain. According to the tradition, it was composed in 1754 under the title Per la nascita di Gesù by st. Alphonsus in Deliceto, in the province of Foggia. Two different melodies are associated to this text, the better known of which is very close to Tu scendi dalle stelle. It is the only Italian song included in The Oxford Book of Carols.