18 celebri canti natalizi

in una versione pianistica elementare

a curadi G. Danieli

ADESTE FIDELES
AMAZING GRACE
GOOD KING WENCESLAS
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
IHR KINDERLEIN KOMMET ..
IN NOTTE PLACIDA
JINGLE BELLS
JOY TO THE WORLD
KOMMET, IHR HIRTEN
LA PIVA
LES ANGES DANS NOS CAMPAGNES
O SANCTISSIMA
O TANNENBAUM
PASTORALE (dal «Concerto per la notte di Natale»)
SIAM PASTORI E PASTORELLE
STILLE NACHT, HEILIGE NACHT
THE FIRST NOWELL
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS

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inno latino del XVII secolo attribuito a John Reading

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ADESTE FIDELES
Adeste fideles laeti, triumphantes,
venite, venite in Bethleem.
Natum videte Regem Angelorum.
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
venite adoremus Dominum.
En grege relicto, humiles ad cunas
vocati pastores approperant.
Et nos ovanti gradu festinemus.
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
venite adoremus Dominum.
Aeterni Parentis splendorem aeternum
velatum sub carne videbimus.
Deum infantem, pannis involutum.
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
venite adoremus Dominum.
Pro nobis egenum et foeno cubantem
piis foveamus amplexibus.
Sic nos amantem quis non redamaret?
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
venite adoremus Dominum.
Ergo qui natus dies hodierna,
Jesu tibi sit gloria
Patris aeterni Verbum caro factum.
Venite adoremus, venite adoremus,
venite adoremus Dominum.
 AMAZING GRACE
John Newton

Allegro

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AMAZING GRACE

Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I
once was lost but now I’m found
Was blind but now I see.
"Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed.
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise.
Than when we first begun.
The Lord has promised good to me:
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

Through many dangers toils and snares

We have already come.
"T was grace that brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
 GOOD KING WENCESLAS
melodia del XIII secolo (da «Piae Cantiones») parole di John Mason Neale (1818-1866)

Moderato
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GOOD KING WENCESLAS

Good King Wenceslas looked out Fails my heart, I know not how;

On the Feast of Stephen,

Right against the forest fence,
I
can go no longer.
When the snow lay round about, "Mark my footsteps, good my page;
By Saint Agnes’ fountain’.
Deep and crisp and even: Tread thou in them boldly:
Brightly shone the moon that
night, "Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, Thou shalt find the winter's rage
Though the
frost was cruel, Bring me pine-logs hither: Freeze thy blood less coldly.’
When a poor man came
Gathering winter fuel.
sight in Thou and I will
see him dine,
When we bear them thither.
In his master's steps he trod,
Where the snow lay dinted;
Page and monarch, forth they went,
’Hither, page, and stand by me, Forth they went together; Heat wasin the very sod
If thou know'st it, telling,
Through the rude wind's wild lament
Which the Saint had printed.
Yonder peasant, who is he? And the bitter weather.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure,
Where and what his dwelling?” Wealth or rank possessing,
’Sire, he lives a good league hence, ’Sire, the night is darker now, Ye who now will bless the poor,
Underneath the mountain, And the wind blows stronger; Shall yourselves find blessing.
 LA PIVA
testo popolare lombardo

Andante

sempre legato
 LA PIVA
Piva piva, piva piva,
l’oli d'oliva, l’oli d'oliva,

i i
l’è'l Bambin l’è la mama
che porta belèe, che spende danèe.
 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Carola spirituale dei negri delle piantagioni d'America

Allegrett O
2 4

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

When
I
Iwas a seeker
sought both night and day,
He made me a watchman
upon a city wall,
I asked the Lord to help me,
and He showed me theway.
and
I
ifI
am a Christian,
am the least of all.
Go
tell it on themountain, Go
tell it on themountain,
over the hillsand ev’rywhere; over the hills
and ev’rywhere;
go tell it on the mountain, go tell it on the mountain,

our Jesus Christ is born. our Jesus Christ is born.

 IHR KINDERLEIN KOMMET
testo di Christoph von Schmid (1768-1854) melodia di Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800)
Adagio
4
IHR KINDERLEIN KOMMET
Ihr Kinderlein kommet, o kommet doch all!
Zur Krippe herkommet in Bethlehems Stall,
und seht, was in dieser hochheiligen Nacht
der Vater im Himmel fiùr Freude uns macht.
O seht in der Krippe im nàchtlichen Stall,
seht hier bei des Lichtleins hellglinzendem Strahl
in reinlichen Windeln das himmlische Kind
viel schéner und holder, als Engel es sind.
poco cresc.
Da
liegt es, das Kindlein, auf Heu und auf Stroh,
Maria und Joseph betrachten es froh,
die redlichen Hirten knien betend davor,
hoch oben schwebt jubelnd der Engelein Chor.
O beugt wie die Hirten anbetend die Knie.
erhebet die Hànde und danket wie sie!
Stimmt freudig, ihr Kinder, wer sollt sich nicht freun?
Stimmt freudig zum Jubel der Engel mit ein.
LES ANGES DANS NOS CAMPAGNES
canto popolare natalizio della Linguadoca (Francia)

Andante religioso
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LES ANGES DANS NOS CAMPAGNES
Les anges dans nos campagnes
Ont entonné l’Hymne des Cieux;
Et l’écho de nos montagnes
Redit ce chant mélodieux:
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Bergers pour qui cette féte?
Quelest l’objet de tous ces chants?
Quel vainqueur, quelle conquete
Méritent ces choeurs triumphants?
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Ils annoncent la naissance
Du Saint Redempteur d'’Israél;
Et, pleins de reconnaissance,
Chantent dans ce jour solennel:
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
(a)
Liui UE
‘.
di i
DI
I hi
Dans l’humilté profonde
Où vous paraissez à nos yeux,
Adorant le
Roi du monde
Nous redirons ce chant joyeux:
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Dejà, par la voix de l’ange,
Par les hymnes des chérubins,
La terre sait la louange
Qui se chante aux parvis divins:
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Dociles à leur exemple,
Seigneur, nous viendrons désormais
Au milieu de votre temple
Chanter avec eux vos bienfaits:
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Gloria in excelsis Deo.
 JINGLE BELLS
parole e musica di James Pierpont (1859)
Allegro
5
 JINGLE BELLS
Dashing through the snow,
On a one horse open sleigh,
O'er the fields we go,
Laughing all the way.
Bell on bobtail ring,
Making spirits bright,
What fun
it
is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
in a one horse open sleigh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh!
A day or two ago,
Ithought ld take a ride,
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank;
Misfortune seemed hislot;
He
got into a drifted bank,
And we, we got upsot.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one horse open sleigh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh!
A day or two ago,
The
story I must tell
Iwent out on the snow
And on my back I fell;
A gent was ridin by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He
laughed as there I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
in a one horse open sleigh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh!
Now the ground is white
Go
it while you’re young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing
this sleighing song:
Just get a bobtailed bay
Two-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun
it is to ride
in a one horse open sleigh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh!
 O SANCTISSIMA
antica melodia siciliana testo tedesco del XVIII secolo

Adagio
 O SANCTISSIMA
O sanctissima, o piissima!
Dulcis virgo Maria!
O du fréhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!

Welt ging verloren, Christ ist erschienen, Himmlische Heere

Christ ist geboren:
Freue, freue dich,
o Christenheit!
O sanctissima, o piissima!
Dulcis virgo Maria!
O du fréhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Uns
zu versùhnen:
Freue, freue dich,
O Christenheit!
O sanctissima, o piissima!
Dulcis virgo Maria!
O du fréhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
Jauchzen dir Ehre:
Freue, freue dich
O Christenheit!
O sanctissima, o piissima!
Dulcis virgo Maria!
O du fréhliche, o du selige,
gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit!
 IN NOTTE PLACIDA
melodia di Francois Couperìn (1668-1773)

Tempo
3
di pastorale

IN NOTTE PLACIDA

In notte placida per muto sentier,
dai campi del ciel discese l'amor,
all’alme fedeli il Redentor.
Nell’aura è il palpito d’un grande mister;
del nuovo Israello è nato il Signor,
il fiore più bello dei nostri fior.
Cantate, popoli, gloria all’Altissimo:
l'animo aprite a speranza ed amor.
Un
coro d’angeli discesi dal ciel
accende la
notte di luci d’or,
facendo corona al Redentor.
Ed un arcangelo dischiude ilmister,
annunzia ai pastori: «Nato è il Signor,
l'atteso Messia, il Salvator».
Cantate, popoli, gloria all’Altissimo:
l’animo aprite a speranza ed amor.
Portate agli umili in ogni città
la lieta novella per ogni cuor
che vive in attesa del Signor:
portate al povero che tanto soffrì
l’annunzio di un mondo dicarità
che spunta radioso nel santo dì.
Cantate, popoli, gloria all’Altissimo:
l'animo aprite a speranza ed amor.
Se l’aura è gelida, se buio è ilciel,
tiprego, Signore, vieni da noi:
è aperta la casa, è piena d’amor.
Se
ilfieno è rigido, se il vento è crudel,
con cuore che t'ama voglio invitar
il Cristo e Maria in casa a
regnar.
Cantate, popoli, gloria all’Altissimo:
l'animo aprite a speranza ed amor.
 KOMMET, IHR HIRTEN
testo e melodia popolare della Boemia (1870)
Gioloso
3

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KOMMET, IHR HIRTEN

nmet ihr Hirten, ihr Mànner und Frau’n,
amet das liebliche Kindlein zu schau’n.
istus der Herr ist heute geboren,
Gott zum Heiland euch hat erkoren.
chtet euch nicht!
Lasset uns sehen in Bethlehems Stall,
was uns verheiBen der himmlische Schall.
Was wir dort finden lasset uns kiunden,
lasset uns preisen in frommen Weisen:
Halleluja!
Wahrlich, die Engel verkindigen heut”,
Bethlehems Hirtenvolk gar groBe Freud!
Nun soll es werden Frieden auf Erden,
fur alle Menschen groB8' Wohlgefallen.
Ehre sei Gott!
 THE FIRST NOWELL
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 THE FIRST NOWELL
The Nowell the angel did say This star drew nightookto the north-west;
Was
firstcertain as they lay;
poor shepherds in fields O'er Bethlehem it its rest,
In fields they lay, keeping their sheep, And there did both stop and stay
On it
Right over the place where Jesus lay:
tocoldwhere
winters night that was so deep:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
a
Born is the King of Israel! Born is the King of Israel!
They looked and saw a star, Then did they know assuredly
in theupeast, beyond them far; Within that house the King did lie:
And
Shining the earth it great light One entered then for to see,
And so continuedgave day and night: And found in
the babe poverty:
Nowell, Nowell Nowell
toit
Born
bothNowell, in
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born is the King of Israel!
the King of Israel!
is
And by the light of that same star, Then entered in those wise men three,
Three Wise Men came their from country far; Fell reverently upon their knee,
To seek for a king was intent, And offered there in his presénce
frankincense:
And follow the star wherever went: Both gold and myrh andNowell,
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
to it Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
is of Born of
the King Israel!
Born the King Israel! is
CE Between an ox-stall and an ass
This child truly there born he was:
For want of clothing they did him lay
All in a manger, among the hay:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born the King of Israel!
Then
is
let us all with one accord
heavenly Lord,
Sing praises to our
That hath made heaven and earth of nought,
And with his blood mankind hath bought:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born the King of Israel!
is
If we in our time shall do well,
We shall be free from death and hell;
For God hath preparèd for us all
A resting place in general:
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell,
Born the King of Israel!
is
 SIAM PASTORI E PASTORELLE
Andantino
Siam pastori e pastorelle,
Adoriamo il Redentor
che oggi è sceso dalle stelle
quale nostro Salvator.
Egli è nato a Betlemme
nella stalla fra splendor
I Re Magi portan
gemme
oro, incenso e mirra ancor.
 JOY TO THE WORLD
testo di Isaac Watts (1674-1748) musica di Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
arrangiamento di Lowell Mason (1830)
Allegretto moderato
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4 1

JOY TO THE WORLD

Joy to the world! The Lord is come; He comes to make His blessing flow Repeat the sounding joy,
is
:
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.

0 e,is
Let earth receive her King; Far as the curse found,
Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, as is
ci i
He rules the world with tintth and grace,
sa sE nature sing, ar as, far as the curse found. And makes the nations prove

fa
ano
an
dand d benvîn ari
heav’n and d heav’n and nature
t sing.
. Joy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
Lei nat ihelirsnesamicion
The glories of His rigteousness,
And wonders ef Lis love,
No more let sins and sorrow grow, While field and floods, rocks, hills and plains and wonders of
His love,
Nor thorns infest the ground, Repeat the sounding joy, And wonders, and wonders of His Love.
 O TANNENBAUM
testo di J.H. Zarnack (1820) prima strofa, e Ernst Anschiitz (1824) seconda e terza strofa.
Melodia di un canto studentesco del XVIII sec.
Moderato
3 2
3

O TANNENBAUM

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,

Wie treu sind deine Blatter!
Du griinst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
wie treu sind deine Blatter!
du kannst mir sehr gefallen.
Wie oft hat doch zur Weihnachtszeit
ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut.
O Tannenbaum,
o Tannenbaum.
du kannst mir sehr gefallen.
dein Kleid kann mich was lehren:
Die Hoffnung und Bestàndigkeit
gibt Trost und Kraft zu jeder Zeit.
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,
dein Kleid kann mich was lehren.
 PASTORALE
dal «Concerto per la Notte di Natale» di Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)

Largo
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 STILLE NACHT, HEILIGE NACHT
testo di Josef Mohr (1792-1848) musica di Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
(composta il 23 dicembre 1818 a Oberndorf/Salzburg)
Andante.
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Srna

STILLE NACHT, HEILIGE NACHT

Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!
Alles schlàft, einsam wacht
Nur das traute, hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar.
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!
Hirten erst kund gemacht,
Durch der Engel Halleluja
Tòntes laut von fern und nah:
Christ, der Retter, ist da,
Christ, der Retter, ist dal
Stille Nacht! heilige Nacht!
Gottes Sohn, O wie lacht
Lieb’ aus deinem géttlichen Mund,
Da uns schlàgt die rettende Stund,
Christ, in deiner Geburt,
Christ, in deiner Geburt!
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Carola tradizionale dell'Inghilterra occidentale

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS

We wish you a merry Christmas Please bring us some figgy pudding We won't go until we get some,
We wish you a merry Christmas Please bring us some figgy pudding, We won't go until we get some,
We wish you a merry Christmas Please bring us some figgy pudding, We won't go until we get some,
and a happy New Year.
it
Please bring right here! Please bring it right here!

Good tidings to you We wish you a meny Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas
And
allof your kin We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a mery Christmas
good tidings for Christmas We wish you a mery Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas
and a happy New Year. and a happy New Year. and a happy New Year.

P.USs E 27
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