Santa Lucia
Famous Italian song
Santa Lucia is a traditional Italian song celebrating the patron saint of Naples and the picturesque waterfront district named for her.
The melody is among the most recognized in Neapolitan music, often sung by gondoliers and tenors alike: He serenaded her with Santa Lucia.
The name also refers to Saint Lucy herself, a Christian martyr associated with light and vision.
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- candlesWax lights with wicks
- white robesPale flowing garments
Caribbean islands · feast day · procession · vision · Advent · Sweden · saffron buns · tenor · eyes · melody · Christian devotion · traditional lyrics · hymns · spiritual guidance · illumination · miracles · hope · purity
- Italian folktarantella, mandola, barcarolle, ottava rima, laude
- Neapolitan SongsO Sole Mio
- holiday figuresSt. Nicholas, Easter Bunny, Frosty, Rudolph, Mrs. Claus
- european folk songsGreensleeves, Danny Boy, Scarborough Fair, Auld Lang Syne, Bella Ciao
- HondurasTegucigalpa, Cortes, Independence Day, La Paz
- UruguayMontevideo, Florida, Maldonado, Rivera, San Jose
Santa Luciapunk rock
Stripped-down aggressive rock genre
atonal music · art song · lieder · oratorio · instrumental music
Santa LuciaAuld Lang Syne
Traditional year-end song
La Marseillaise · Danny Boy · Waltzing Matilda · Rule Britannia · Greensleeves
Santa, Lucia, saint, saintly, sainthood, saints, sanctify, sanctuary, sanctum