Gesù Bambino. ~ Christmas pastorale for two voices & piano ~ Music by Pietro A. Yon Text by Fredrick H. Martens. Arrangement by Christopher J.

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1 ~ Christmas astorale or two voices iano ~ Music by Pietro A Yon Text by redrick H Martens Arrangement by Christoher Hoh HMM HohMade Music 419 Seventh Street South Arlington, A SA wwwhohmademusiccom

2 redrick H Martens Pietro A Yon arr Christoher Hoh oice 1 Andante Mosso Ó ŒŒ When blos - somslow - ered 'mid the snows - A - gain the heart with ra - ture glows To oice 2 Piano Andante Mosso (qd = 4) 1 4 on greet a the win ho - ter night, Was born the Child, the Christ - mas - ly night, That gave the world its Christ - mas Rose, Rose, Its 2 Pno 4 HMM Text tune rom 1919 are ublic domain Musical arrangement coyright 2014 by Christoher Hoh All rights reserved wwwhohmademusiccom

3 1 2 Pno King King o Love o Love andlight andlight Let Ó Œ Œ rall rall Gesù Bambino Let a temo an ev' a temo - gels sang, the she - - ry voice ac -claim herds His an ev' - gels sang, the she - - ry voice ac -claim herds His sang name, sang name, Pno grate grate - ul earth re- oiced And at His bles - - ul chor - us swell rom ar - a - dise grate grate - ul earth re- oiced, the grate - ul earth re- oiced At - ul chor - us swell, the grate - ul chor - us swell n - Œ n n n n n nn n b n n n sed to His to n HMM wwwhohmademusiccom

4 4 Gesù Bambino 1 2 Pno 10 birth earth birth earth n the He the He stars came n stars came 10 a n n n n n ir That n ir That ex we ex we - ul - ta - with Him tion might n n n voiced dwell n Œ - ul - ta - tion voiced, their ex - ul - ta - tion voiced with Him might dwell, that we with Him might dwell n n n n n n n n Œ Œ n e - n n n n n n n n n n n n 1 Poco meno (qd = 40) ni - te ad - o - re - mus, Œ 2 Ó Œ Œ Pno right hand u octave 2nd time π Poco meno (qd = 40) e - ni - te ad - o - HMM wwwhohmademusiccom

5 Ó Œ Œ ve rall - ni - te ad - o - re - mus Do - mi- 2 Pno 15 ( ) re - mus, ve - ni - te ad - o - re - mus Do - mi- rall num num 1 2 may switch arts or the reeat a temo Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ A A 2 num num a temo Œ Œ Œ Ah! Œ Ó Pno 19 a temo a temo HMM wwwhohmademusiccom

6 Gesù Bambino 1 23 Ó Œ Œ Ah! 2 Ó Œ Œ e Ó Œ - ni - te ad - o - re - mus, Ad-o - Pno Ó Œ Œ e Preerably on echo, v 2 solo () - ni - te, (ve - ni - te,) 2 Œ re - mus Do - mi-num e - ni - te, ve - ni - te, Pno 2 HMM wwwhohmademusiccom

7 n n n - Ó ve - ni - te ad - o - re - mus, 2 n - Ó ve - ni - te ad - o - re - mus, Pno 29 n n n n b n n n n - n n n n n n a n n * Œ n n N N ad rall n n u - o - re - mus Do - mi- num Œ Ó 2 * n Œ n N N n n n n u Œ Ó ad - o - re - mus Do - mi-num Pno 31 w nw nw rall n n n n π * Cue notes are alternatives or soloists and also or mixed choir (3, 4 or 5 arts, deending on the orces availaable) HMM wwwhohmademusiccom

8 When blossoms lowered 'mid the snows on a winter night, Was born the Child, the Christmas Rose, King o Love and Light angels sang, the sheherds sang grateul earth reoiced And at His blessed birth the stars ir exultation voiced enite adoremus Dominum (Come, let us adore the Lord) Again the heart with rature glows To greet the holy night, That gave the world its Christmas Rose, Its King o Love and Light Let ev'ry voice acclaim His name, grateul chorus swell rom aradise to earth He came That we with Him might dwell enite adoremus Dominum (Come, let us adore the Lord) rederick H Martens, Pietro Yon wrote this sweet carol in 1917, couling his tune and Italian text with the rerain o the hymn "Adeste idelis" (O Come, Let s Adore Him) Author and translator rederick H Martens rendered it reely into an English version, which was ublished with the Latin text esu Redemtor Omniumas an alternative song became oular in all these languages and aeared in many arrangements or voices and instruments over the years This setting uses Martens' lovely oetry but maintains the rerain in Latin, as Yon comosed it a century ago Originally intended or two vocal soloists, this setting is also suitable or a two-art choir, slitting into additional arts in measures 31 and 32 Yet another ossibility is to combine soloists with choir, with all oining at measure 7 or measure re are many beautiul ways to ut the ieces together It is imortant to kee the dramatic, romantic elements in check and maintain a gentle and devotional eel throughout This iano accomaniment is basically as written by Yon, one o the leading organists o his day Christoher Hoh Arlington, irginia, December 2014 HMM wwwhohmademusiccom

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