I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the celebrated pianist Nicolas Horvath for enthusiastically
bringing my Debussy works to public attention in their solo piano formats, both through his recent
recitals across France and through this Naxos Grand Piano release (GP822). In some cases these are
true piano pieces (like Toomai des éléphants), in others they are piano reductions of orchestral scores
(like Fêtes galantes), while in others they are piano solos in their own right that also exist in orchestral
versions (as in the incidental music for Le Roi Lear). Needless to say, most of these tracks are world
première recordings, and this is certainly true of A Night in the House of Usher and its companion piece Un Jour affreux avec Le Diable dans le beffroi (?A Dreadful Day with the Devil in the Belfry?) which I arranged specially for Nicolas in November 2018 as a virtuosic, almost Lisztian paraphrase-fantasy. To remind us of the plot as the dramatic scenes unfold, Un Jour affreux avec le Diable dans le beffroi, like the start of No-ja-li) has a narrator (spoken in French by Florient Azoulay on the Grand Piano recording):

[After an overture rising from the underworld, with a polka and a citation of a chldren?s folksong Savez vous plantez les choux?, a carillon rings out]: Hearing it, the Dutch villagers start to count, with the bells of the belfry / 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 8, 9, 11, and 12 / Perfect! / 13!?!/ The bell rang 13 times / 13! / The Devil is here where the clock should be! / Damn! / The bells are cracked. / The Devil laughs fit to burst / He pulls from the pocket of his coat, a small dancing master?s violin / ?My God!? says the devil ? and he tunes his violin slowly / The Devil leads the villagers in a fantastic and relentless jig [making jokes at the expense of concertos by Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky] / The Devil directs the villagers towards the canal ? where he jumps to the other side, laughing all the time / The villagers try to imitate him, but they fall into the water. / [In Part 2] the villagers are transported to a hedonistic and lively Italian village. They are similarly transformed: the men have crooked hats ? the women have wide open bodices! They dance a mad Tarantella / 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 13 / shouting ?Hey there! (Hola?) / Jean, the young hero, makes a fervent prayer to God against the Devil / The prayer is answered and the bell again rings normally! / The expression of the Devil changes: he shudders! / Everything goes black / The devil disappears in a brief red glow ? / And the carillon and the bells chime as usual / 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 / Perfect! / But the Devil?s grinning face ap-
pears once again where the clock should be ? briefly

16 Easy to Play Easter Hymns for Piano is a collection of your favourite Easter Hymns arranged simply for elementary pianists.

We all know that tricky period when beginner pianists struggle to coordinate both hands. I have always found that playing simple melodic hymns is a big motivation to students. Now, with this collection of Easter hymns, students can join in with Easter music-making and develop those two-handed skills at the same time.

These 16 hymns are arranged with the melody in the right hand, a harmony line in the left and just a few easily fingered chords here and there. There are suggested fingerings throughout.

The hymns are in alphabetical order and are as follows?

· All Creatures of Our God and King, (Lasst Uns Erfreuen)

· All Hail the Power of Jesus Name, (Coronation)

· Before the Throne of God Above, (Before the Throne)

· Blessed Assurance, (Blessed Assurance)

· Christ the Lord is Risen Today, (Easter Hymn)

· Crown Him with Many Crowns, (Diademata)

· The Day of Resurrection, (Ellacombe)

· Just as I Am, (Woodworth)

· I Know that My Redeemer Lives, (Bradford)

· It is Well with My Soul, (Ville du Havre)

· A Mighty Fortress is Our God, (Ein Feste Burg)

· Nothing But the Blood of Jesus, (What Can Wash Away My Sin)

· There is a Green Hill Far Away, (The Green Hill)

· Thine Be the Glory, (Judas Maccabeus)

· Were You There? (Were You There?)

· When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, (Hamburg)

Here?s how to play the famous Christian hymn ?Amazing Grace? on piano!

This is an easy-to-play piano arrangement of ?Amazing Grace? in the key of G major.

You can use this sheet music to simply play the song on piano, accompany singers, or sing along yourself!

The lyrics of ?Amazing Grace? were written by English poet and clergyman John Newton (1725?1807), it was first published in 1779.

Containing a message of forgiveness, it is one of the most recognizable gospel songs in the English-speaking world.

Even US president Barack Obama once sang it in public during his eulogy for state Senator Clementa Pinckney (one of the victims of the Charleston church shooting 2015).

It?s centainly one of the greatest gospel songs to sing and play.


These sheets come with a seperate system for the singer, and the song?s full lyrics:


Amazing grace! How sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found;

Was blind, but now I see.


?Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

And grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed.


Through many dangers, toils, and snares,

I have already come;

?Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,

And grace will lead me home.


The Lord has promised good to me,

His Word my hope secures;

He will my Shield and Portion be,

As long as life endures.


Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

And mortal life shall cease,

I shall possess, within the veil,

A life of joy and peace.


When we?ve been there ten thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

We?ve no less days to sing God?s praise

Than when we?d first begun.

"Jazzy Hymn Arrangements Book Six" has 19 well-known Christian hymns and a bonus Sweet Hour of Prayer Medley that has been arranged with jazz chords and aimed at the intermediate player. The original melodies and rhythms have not been changed. A few important finger numbers have been added to make learning even quicker and easier. Plenty of room has been left for the more advanced pianist to improvise. When printing up your Book Six, be sure to print even page numbers on the left and odd on the right. Then you will have very few pages to turn. Contents include: Amazing Grace-Bluesy, Be Thou MyVision, Brethren, We Have Met To Worship, Christ the Lord Is RisenToday, Come, Thou Almighty King, Faith Is the Victory, GloriousThings of Thee Are Spoken, He Included Me, His Eye Is On theSparrow, It Is Well With My Soul, Joy Unspeakable, Love Divine, All Loves Excelling, O Lord My God! (O Store Gud)(How Great Thou Art), Redeemed(How I Love to Proclaim It), Rescue the Perishing, Sunshine In MySoul, Sweet Hour of Prayer Medley (Sweet Hour of Prayer, Tell It ToJesus, Have Thine own Way), There Is Power In the Blood, Turn YourEyes Upon Jesus, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. I use these arrangements for preludes, offertories, postludes. They would be appropriate for piano lessons, recitals, funerals and school. If you like these arrangements, please visit https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/Phil-Hamm-sheet-music/3002027 where you will find a complete listing of all my arrangements and originals. Videos of these and other pieces can be seen on my FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/phil.hamm.3 Please message me at FB about any questions you might have concerning these or any of my other arrangements

These 23 easy to play jazz chord arrangements, plus a bonus Sacred Holiday Medley, were created for the intermediate pianist. The melodies and rhythms are as you remember them, only the harmony has been changed from the traditional chords. Lyrics are included for sing-alongs. Finger numbers have been added to make learning even faster and easier. There is plenty of room left for the more advanced player to improvise. Please print with even numbered pages on the left and odd on the right. This will nearly eliminate page turns. The selections include: Angels We Have Heard on High , Auld Lang Syne, Away In A Manger, Deck The Halls, Go Tell It On The Mountain, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good King Wenceslas, Hark, The Herald Angels Sing, Here We Come A-wassailing, I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day, It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Joy To The World, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Oh, Christmas Tree, Over the River and Through the Woods, Sacred Holiday Medley, Silent Night, The First Noel, Up On The Housetop, We Three Kings, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, and What Child Is This. There are 46 pages of music, 50 pages in all. If you enjoy these arrangements, please visit http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/Phil-Hamm-sheet-music/3002027 for all my offerings here at SheetMusicPlus. If you have any questions about this or my other arrangements, please contact me at my FaceBook page. https://www.facebook.com/phil.hamm.3 .