What would Christmas time be without music-making together? Advent, Christmas, and winter songs play an important role for all beginners on a melody instrument, because with these they can show off their progress on the instrument during the first year. And nothing is better suited to this than well-loved and popular pieces such as Christmas classics.
The six volumes in our new series for instrumental teaching, developed in collaboration with the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg, all contain 20 easy carols arranged in progressive level of difficulty. Experienced instrumental teachers have made a selection of carols for each instrument according to specific criteria. These can be mastered as part of music school lessons after just a few weeks and months. All the carols have been chosen and transposed so that the range and fingering combinations do not exceed the level of difficulty for the first three years of learning.
The piano accompaniment is of moderate difficulty. For many of the carols, an ad lib upper or lower part is included which can also be played by instrumental pupils. The volumes are therefore suitable for individual as well as group tuition.
The arrangements are based on the piano and instrumental books from the CHRISTMAS CAROLS project (Carus 2.403/03 und 2.404/03) which is part of the LIEDERPROJEKT, the charitable project to further singing with children. The books contain singing texts for all the carols, providing a full range of options for singing and playing together at Christmas.
All the books include the printed music of the piano accompaniment.
Content
A, a, a, der Winter, der ist da F-Dur
[Bea:] Hübner, Veit
Text: Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Heinrich August
Lasst uns froh und munter sein C-Dur
Munzer-Dorn, Markus
Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann D-Dur
Fischer, Bobbi
Text: Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Heinrich August
Niklas ist ein braver Mann G-Dur
Leenen, Frank
O Tannenbaum F-Dur
[Bea:] Mackowiak, Markus
Text: Zarnack, Joachim August / Anschütz, Ernst
We wish you a merry Christmas F-Dur
[Bea:] Rizzi, Werner
Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen C-Dur
Fischer, Bobbi
Text: Haberkorn, Hedwig
Alle Jahre wieder D-Dur
Silcher, Friedrich [Bea:] Weigele, Klaus Konrad
Text: Hey, Wilhelm
Away in a manger / Allein in der Krippe F-Dur
Kirkpatrick, William J. / Müller, Christoph JK
Text: Mohr, Christoph
Fröhliche Weihnacht überall F-Dur
Pflüger, Hans Georg
Jingle bells F-Dur
Pierpont, James Lord [Bea:] Fischer, Bobbi
Text: Pierpont, James Lord
Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben F-Dur
Hering, Carl Gottlieb / Fischer, Bobbi
Text: Splittegarb, Karl Friedrich
O du fröhliche D-Dur
[Bea:] Pflüger, Hans Georg
Text: Falk, Johannes Daniel / Holzschuher, Heinrich
Zu Bethlehem geboren F-Dur
[Bea:] Johannsen, Kay
Text: Spee von Langenfeld, Friedrich
Go, tell it on the mountain F-Dur
[Bea:] Simon, Gregor
Text: Work, John Wesley
Leise rieselt der Schnee G-Dur
Knecht, Johannes
Text: Ebel, Eduard
Macht hoch die Tür F-Dur
[Bea:] Fischer, Bobbi
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht C-Dur
Gruber, Franz Xaver [Bea:] Johannsen, Kay
Text: Mohr, Joseph Franz
The first Nowell / Die Heilige Nacht D-Dur
Müller, Christoph JK
Text: Mohr, Christoph
Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht g-Moll
[Bea:] Horn, Paul