Christmas Carols for Brass Quintet Vol.1

5 Christmas carols with beautiful arrangement

1. Gloria (Angels We Heard on High)
2. O Little Town of Bethlehem
3. The First Noel
4. It Came upon the Midnight Clear
5. Away in a Manger

For 2 Trumpets in Bb, Horn in F, Trombone & Tuba

Total duration: 12 minutes

Level: medium

Christmas Carols for Brass Quintet Vol.3

5 Christmas carols with beautiful arrangement

1. Silent Night
2. Joy to the World, the Lord is Come
3. Away in a Manger (James R. Murray)
4. O Christmas Tree
5. Christians Awake! Salute the Happy Morn

Total duration: 12 minutes

47 pages (score and parts)

Level: medium

by Arkstar BrassMusic

8 Traditional Christmas Carols arranged for brass quintet.

O Little Town of Bethlehem
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The First Noel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Joy to the World
Silent Night
Jingle Bells

It?s the Christmas holiday season, and brass quintets throughout Christendom get ready to serenade congregations in churches, shoppers in malls, and party goers at festive receptions. Here is Volume II, with 18 more of the best known carols for the Christmas season. The quintet include two trumpets, French horn, trombone, and tuba. ?Parts are available for trumpets in both C and B-flat, and a Baritone Horn (TC) is included as a substitute for Trombone. Volume II contains the following carols: 23. Jingle Bells 24. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 25. Joy to the World 26. Lo, How a Rose E?er Blooming 27. Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child (The Coventry Carol) 28. O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste, Fideles) 29. O Come, Little Children 30. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 31. O, Little Town of Bethlehem (American) 32. O, Little Town of Bethlehem (British) 33. O Sactissima 34. O Tannenbaum 35. Silent Night 36. Up on the House Top 37. A Virgin Unspotted 38. We Three Kings of Orient Are 39. We Wish You a Merry Christmas 40. What Child Is This?

?On Christmas Night, On Christmas Day, Rejoice!? takes its name from lyrics of the three tunes that comprise this medley. ?On Christmas night all Christians sing? are the opening words of the Sussex Carol, a traditional English tune with words first published in 1684. English folk-song collectors Cecil Sharp and Ralph Vaughan Williams both collected versions of the song, and Vaughan Williams published his arrangement of the tune in 1919. ?On Christmas day in the morning? are the concluding words of the refrain of the carol also known as ?I Saw Three Ships.? Like the Sussex Carol, it is a traditional English carol, and it was published by William Sandys in his 1833 work, Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern. ?Rejoice? is the imperative verb in the invitation, ?Good Christian men, rejoice,? which are the opening words to the medieval carol, ?In dulci jubilo? (?In sweet rejoicing?). John Mason Neale, an Anglican priest, scholar, and hymn-writer, wrote the familiar English translation in 1853. Quick to rehearse and fun to play, this cheerful medley evokes the joy of Christmas. Intrmediate level, suitablefor high school to professional ensembles for use in concert,recital, and worship. Full score and parts, 8.5x11-inch format. �Copyright2015 Todd Marchand / ConSpiritoMusic.com

"Christmas Day" by Gustav Holst. Originally written for SATB choir and orchestra, I have arranged it for symphonic brass quintet of 2 trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba. (If your trombonist can play euphonium, I think it would sound better!) It contains snippets of many Christmas Carols, cleverly interwoven together. It suits the brass quintet. (Also available for brass band (treble clef) quintet. Contains the following carols: Good Christian Men Rejoice God Rest You Merry Gentlemen Come Ye Lofty, Come Ye Lowly The First Nowell Plenty of fun for each player.

A collection of fresh, modern arrangements of ten traditional Christmas Carols. These have all been performed and have received high marks from the audience and the musicians. Selections include: Good King Wenceslas; Silent Night; Hark, The Herald Angels Sing; Jingle Bells; Deck The Halls; We Three Kings; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Joy To The World; Angels We Have Heard On High; We Wish You A Merry Christmas. Performance ranges from easy to difficult. Each selection also includes an optional percussion part for a single performer. The audio clip sample is of the first selection only.You will really enjoy these -- so make your Christmas this year a lot more C-O-O-L.

"The Truth From Above," aka "[This Is] the Truth Sent From Above," and sometimes known as "The Herefordshire Carol," is an English folk melody that was collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1909, used in his Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912) and and published in Eight Traditional English Carols (1919).

Its text tells of God's creation of man and woman, their placement in Paradise, their sin and its subsequent consequences for all humanity, the nativity of Christ, His example and teaching, and His promise of salvation for all who believe in Him. Another text, "The Great Forerunner of the Morn," which tells of John the Baptist's preparation for the Christ, is also sung to the tune.

The Dorian-mode melody uses the first through fifth tones, and the seventh tone, of that mode. Although collected by Vaughan Williams just after the turn of the 20th century, its chant-like quality, both melodically and rhythmically, is reminiscent of centuries-old music.

This arrangement features solo tuba on the first presentation of the tune followed by the full ensemble in full harmony, a key change and canonic presentation by horn and trombone, and a return to the original key and concluding statement by full ensemble with harmonic variation.

?Silent Night? is surely one of the most beautiful Christmas carols, and this arrangement frames it in a graceful and fitting setting. After a quiet introduction, the first verse features the melody in hymn-like fashion with a countermelody in the horn. In the second verse, the trumpets play gentle embellishments. And in the third verse, melody and counterpoint shift from instrument to instrument until the final phrase, where all join for the last few chords, and the trumpet plays a soft arpeggio figure. This arrangement was completed in 2012, and performance time runs about 2 minute, 21 seconds. This version is also available for brass quintet with a second trombone (instead of Horn in F). For information, contact the arranger, Les Smith, at lessmith@ufl.edu. For more arrangements by Les, enter "Sweetwater Brass Press" (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.