400+ Christmas Carols Book - Sheet Music for Piano (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781503164161)

It is not the compiler's purpose to dwell upon the antiquity, the history, and the beauty of the custom of carol singing in connection with the Christmas Festival. There is an abundance of literature on the subject already.

The purpose of this book is to place in the hands of those who enjoy singing Christmas carols and holiday songs an abundance of good material. This book contains 424 titles, most of which are well over a century old.

These traditional classics have amongst them brilliant works by such famous composers as Mozart, Mendelsohn, Bach, Haydn, and Handel.

In no special classification of music has tradition persisted to a greater degree than in Christmas carols; and any collection that does not include the classics of Christmas song is not complete. So, in this book will be found the best examples of the ancient carols, together with more modern compositions embodying the same reverence, simplicity, and spirit of joy that thrill us in the older ones.

They have been compiled from various sources including rare old books that have long been out of print.

A glance at the table of contents shows the broad scope of the work, ranging from Pierpont's light and breezy fun children's favorite "Jingle Bells", through to the lofty spiritual heights of Handel's uplifting "For Unto Us A Child Is Born".

AMONGST THE 400+ SONGS ARE SUCH WELL KNOWN EVERGREEN CLASSICS AS: -

A Boy is born in Bethlehem

Auld Lang Syne

Away In A Manger

Christians Awake salute the Happy Morn

Coventry Carol

Deck The Halls

For Unto Us A Child is Born

From the Eastern Mountains

Go Tell It On The Mountain

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Good King Wenceslas

Hallelujah Chorus

Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Here We Come A-Caroling (Wassail Song)

I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

I Saw Three Ships

In The Bleak Midwinter

It Came Upon The Midnight Clear

Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring

Jingle Bells

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Joy To The World

O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles)

O Come O Come Emmanuel

O Holy Night

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

Once In Royal David's City

Silent Night

The First Noel

The Twelve Days of Christmas

We Three Kings

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

What Child Is This

PLUS HUNDREDS MORE GREAT SONGS

And in sending forth this volume the compiler would adopt the words of John Audley, the blind and deaf chaplain of Haughmond Abbey, about the year 1426-

"I pray you sirs, both more and less,
Sing these carols in Christemas."

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Author: Ironpower Publishing
ISBN-10: 1503164160
ISBN-13: 9781503164161
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/10/2014
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.85d