X:1
T:Quando Nascette Ninno (The Bagpipers Carol)
C:Traditional Neopolitan
S:York Waites "Christmas Musicke", Brewhouse Music
N:"For may centuries, during the period before Christmas, mountain shepherds have descended on Rome, Naples, and other cities in southern Italy,....singing and playing pastoral music such as this carol. They accompany each other on the ciaramella (a small shawm) and the zampogna, a large, sweet-toned bagpipe with two drones and two chanters, which is played mostly in thirds and sixths with some embelleshments." [Oxford Book of Carols]
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:A
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