Pianoworks Christmas is packed full of festive treats for the pianist, in easy-to-play arrangements. You'll find traditional carols, such as 'Hark! the herald angels sing' and 'The Holly and the Ivy', alongside well-known Christmas songs like 'Jingle, bells' and modern classics such as 'Winter Wonderland'. Words are included for each of the pieces, allowing family and friends to sing along as you play. A perfect Christmas companion to the Pianoworks series!
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. . . for those looking for a top-quality collection of more traditional festive favourites, this remains my go-to recommendation . . . I have found it has been hugely popular with players of all ages.
There are two particular strengths that . . . make this my top recommendation for a traditional Christmas collection. Firstly, the arrangements of Christmas carols found elsewhere are often adapted from church choir versions, with four-part chords throughout that aren't always as easy to play as you might expect. Here . . . we have truly idiomatic piano writing, but which is no less faithful to the spirit of each carol, maintaining familiar harmonic colours rather than diminishing them in any way. Secondly, it includes an easy solo version of Walking in the Air . . . that fully satisfies my students' enthusiasm for the song . . . here we have an ideal two-page version that is . . . absolutely true to the original.
This book is a true studio essential! * www.pianodao.com * The Bullards are the best! And if you are looking for a no-nonsense collection of great Christmas arrangements, Pianoworks Christmas is a runaway winner. * Andrew Eales, pianodao.com, November 2020 *
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Verlagsort
Maße
Höhe: 310 mm
Breite: 230 mm
Dicke: 3 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-336223-9 (9780193362239)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Janet Bullard has a busy and thriving piano teaching practice and more than 25 years' experience of teaching adults and children.
Alan Bullard is a pianist and composer, whose choral and educational compositions are performed widely. He has contributed many pieces to Piano Time and works as an ABRSM examiner.
Away in a manger ; Ding dong! merrily on high ; Go, tell it on the mountain ; God rest you merry, gentlemen ; Good King Wenceslas ; Hark! the herald angels sing ; It came upon the midnight clear ; O come, all ye faithful ; O little town of Bethlehem ; On Christmas night all Christians sing ; Once, in royal David's city ; Rocking Carol ; See amid the winter's snow ; Silent night ; The first Nowell ; The holly and the ivy ; We three kings of Orient are ; While shepherds watched their flocks ; Jingle, bells ; Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer ; Santa Claus is Comin' to Town ; Walking in the Air ; Winter Wonderland ; We wish you a merry Christmas
