Fermarono i cieli (Alfonso Maria de' Liguori)
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- CPDL #33988: Fermarono.pdf
- Editor: Francesco Spiga (submitted 2015-01-01). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 306 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Figured bass not realized.
- Arranger: Francesco Spiga
General Information
Title: Fermarono i cieli
Alternative title: Maria contempla il SS. Bambinello che dorme
Composer: Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
Lyricist: Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAT
Genre: Sacred, Carol, Folksong Meter: 66. 66
Language: Italian
Instruments: Basso continuo
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Description: The text was first published in a 1737 collection called Canzoncine divote under the title Maria contempla il SS. Bambinello che dorme. The suspention of the celestial sphere rotation in the incipit is taken form the Infancy Gospel of James (18;2). Three different traditional melodies are associated to this poem. This one appears to be based, in the stanza, on the same ground bass of the Tarantella carpinese, from Carpino, in the province of Foggia (I-IV-V-I in the minor mode). The refrain comes from oral tradition and do not appear in any published work by st. Alphonsus. The apocryphal stanzas "La luce più bella | Negli occhi brillava | Sul viso sembrava | Divino splendor. || La Madre felice | Di un Bimbo divino | Gridava il suo amore | Cantando così" are frequently sung instead of the original third and fourth ones.
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Original text and translations
Italian text Fermarono i cieli |
English translation The celestial spheres suspended |