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 C-Dur
​ [Bea:] Hübner, Veit
​Text: Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Heinrich August
​Niklas ist ein braver Mann C-Dur
​Leenen, Frank
​Alle Jahre wieder D-Dur
​Silcher, Friedrich [Bea:] Weigele, Klaus Konrad
​Text: Hey, Wilhelm
​Ihr Kinderlein, kommet C-Dur
​Schulz, Johann Abraham Peter [Bea:] Wagenhäuser, Joachim
​Text: von Schmid, Christoph
​Lasst uns froh und munter sein C-Dur
​ [Bea:] Munzer-Dorn, Markus
​Macht hoch die Tür C-Dur
​ [Bea:] Fischer, Bobbi
​Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann C-Dur
​ [Bea:] Fischer, Bobbi
​Text: Dieterich, Babette
​We wish you a merry Christmas G-Dur
​ [Bea:] Rizzi, Werner
​Fröhliche Weihnacht überall F-Dur
​Pflüger, Hans Georg
​Jingle bells F-Dur
​Pierpont, James Lord [Bea:] Fischer, Bobbi
​Text: Pierpont, James Lord
​Mary had a baby F-Dur
​Brenner, Lukas
​O du fröhliche C-Dur
​ [Bea:] Pflüger, Hans Georg
​Text: Falk, Johannes Daniel / Holzschuher, Heinrich
​O Tannenbaum F-Dur
​ [Bea:] Mackowiak, Markus
​Text: Zarnack, Joachim August / Anschütz, Ernst
​Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht B-Dur
​Gruber, Franz Xaver [Bea:] Johannsen, Kay
​Text: Mohr, Joseph Franz
​Zu Bethlehem geboren F-Dur
​ [Bea:] Johannsen, Kay
​Text: Spee von Langenfeld, Friedrich
​Away in a manger / Allein in der Krippe G-Dur
​Kirkpatrick, William J. / Müller, Christoph JK
​Text: Mohr, Christoph
​Go, tell it on the mountain F-Dur
​ [Bea:] Simon, Gregor
​Text: Work, John Wesley
​Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling C-Dur
​Fischer, Bobbi / Widmann, Benedict
​Text: Enslin, Karl
​Kommet, ihr Hirten F-Dur
​ [Bea:] Scheirle, Alfons
​The first Nowell / Die Heilige Nacht D-Dur
​Müller, Christoph JK
​Text: Mohr, Christoph