SATB choir and Piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8522-E Composed by Alfonso Maria de' Liguori and Robert Sieving. Christmas, Christmas-Sacred. 12 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 45 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8522-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8522-E). French, Italian.This Italian Christmas carol dates from 1732 and the lilting melody by Alfonso Liguori is associated with the zampogna, a large-format Italian bagpipe. The text is “From Starry Skies Descending,†as it is translated from the Italian title “Tu scendi dalle stelle,†and the composer's setting uses both Italian and English texts. A tender pastorale with a delicate piano accompaniment, this music manages to be both unusual and yet, somehow familiar.Duration: 3:45.
