Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella was first published in a 1668 collection of Provencal noels. Jeannette and Isabella, presumed to be farmhands, found the Christ-child, then shared the good news
Constanza was a faithful and devoted dachshund who spent most of her life in the composer's studio. At the time of her passing, Constanza's Carol was simply a "song without words," a work 'in