Two A Cappella Italian Folk Songs for Emerging Treble Choir

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I. Farfallina (Butterfly) 2. Lucciola (Firefly). Composed by Italian Folk Song and Tuscan Folk Song. Arranged by Christi Jones. Fold. Octavo. 8 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 35 seconds. BriLee Music #BL1123. Published by BriLee Music

Instrumentation :

Choral 3-part

Sub-instrumentation :

SSA A Cappella

Publisher :

BriLee Music

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6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: D major, f major. Italian.

If you are looking for the perfect piece(s) to introduce a cappella, Italian and three-part singing to your emerging treble singers, then look no further! Beginning in unison, Jones gradually introduces three-part harmony by adding a 2nd part and then SSA. Highly recommend!.
"This is a song to be sung to young babies. The mother sings it while making little butterfly movements with her hand on the baby's tummy, legs, neck, face and arms. Lois Erskine FARFALLINA Italian Pronunciation English Farfallina, bellae bianca fahr-fah-LEE-nah, BEH-lahee bee-AHN-kah Butterfly, beautiful and white vola vola mai si stanca VOH-lah VOH-lah mahee see STAHN-kah Fly and fly, never get tired vola qua, vola la VOH-lah kwah, VOH-lah lah Turn here, and turn there poi si resta sopraun fiore poh-ee see REH-stah SOH-prahoon fee-OH-reh And she rests upon a flower Ecco, ecco a trovata EH-koh, EH-koh ah troh-VAH-tah Here, here I have found her bianca rosa colorata bee-AHN-kah ROH-sah coh-loh-RAH-tah White and red colored Gira qua, gira la JEE-rah kwah, JEE-rah lah Turn here, turn there poi si resta sopraun fiore poh-ee see REH-stah SOH-prahoon fee-OH-reh And she rests upon a flower LUCCIOLA "This rhyme is from Tuscany, but is known all over Italy in many different versions. Children recite these rhymes while chasing fireflies on warm summer evenings. In some areas there is the custom that when children catch a firefly they put it under an upside down glass before going to bed; in the morning they find that the firefly has left some money under the glass." Ernestine Shargool LUCCIOLA Italian Pronunciation English Lucciola, lucciola, vien da me, LOO-cheeoh-lah, vee-ehn dah meh Firefly, firefly come to me: ti daro del pan da Re, tee DAH-roh dehl pahn dah reh I'll give you some King's bread, pan da Re, pan da Regina! pahn dah reh, pahn dah reh-GEE-nah King's bread, Queen's bread. Lucciola, lucciola maggiolina. LOO-cheeoh-lah mah-zjeeoh-LEE-nah Firefly, May firefly. Lucciola, lucciola, abassa, LOO-cheeoh-lah ah-BAH-sah Firefly, firefly, come down, ti daro una materassa, tee DAH-roh OO-nah mah-teh-RAH-sah I'll give you a mattress, materassa da crinolina! mah-teh-RAH-sah dah cree-noh-LEE-nah A horse-hair mattress. Lucciola, lucciola maggiolina. LOO-cheeoh-lah mah-zjeeoh-LEE-nah Firefly, May firefly.

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