Italian songs Italian Christmas Carols December 12, 2008 Deirdre Straughan 3 Comments Lyrics for “Tu scendi dalle stelle” can be found on Google. Here’s more on winter & Christmas in Italy: Travelling in Italy in WinterBridging the HolidaysHoliday HellWinter ThoughtsChristmas Greetings from Lecco You might also like: Learn Italian in Song: Stessa Spiaggia, Stesso Mare Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines, Jan 2 2009 Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 22 Everyday Italian: Newspaper Headlines 10
Do you know of an English translation of an Italian Christmas song that I could teach to second graders? Possibly about “La Befana?” Thanks, MaryAnn
The link doesn’t work anymore, but several others I found quite quickly: http://www.feastofsaints.com/stachristmas.htm (with choral audio) and http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?cat=309 with a very homey string based octet video and links to other stuff like the sheet music and other Italian kids’ songs. For kids, it’s probably best to shop around googling specifically “tu scendi dalle stelle” “from the stars” as the translations vary greatly (maybe since the original varies some too).
Do you know of an English translation of an Italian Christmas song that I could teach to second graders? Possibly about “La Befana?”
Thanks,
MaryAnn
I would like the words and music to the Italian Christmas Carol: Mille Cherubini
The link doesn’t work anymore, but several others I found quite quickly: http://www.feastofsaints.com/stachristmas.htm (with choral audio)
and http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?cat=309 with a very homey string based octet video and links to other stuff like the sheet music and other Italian kids’ songs.
For kids, it’s probably best to shop around googling specifically “tu scendi dalle stelle” “from the stars” as the translations vary greatly (maybe since the original varies some too).