Contains:
"Carol Of The Bells"
- taken from the Isadar solo piano collection, "In Search For The Meaning Of Christmas"

Sounds like: Liz Story, George Winston, early Windham Hill solo piano artists, "A Winter's Solstice" compilations.

Transcribed by: David Shenton ( https://www.shentonmusic.com/ ) verbatim to the sound recording

Album & Songbook review by: Kathy Parsons (MainlyPiano.com):

I have discovered a real wealth of great solo piano Christmas CDs this year! Isadar?s In Search For the Meaning of Christmas definitely falls into this category! Thoughtful, introspective, and a bit moody, Isadar?s arrangements are true to the carols (with some small melody changes in ?Bring a Torch? and ?Carol of the Bells? that bother me just a little) and still seem very personal. ?Bring a Torch?, ?The Holly and the Ivy?, and ?I Saw Three Ships? are given a lighthearted, joyful treatment. ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)?, ?What Child Is This??, ?The Coventry Carol?, and ?Sing We Now of Christmas? are all minor, somber, reverent pieces, and all four are given loving arrangements that keep the dark, mysterious nature of the songs and reflect Isadar?s own sensibilities. ?Carol of the Bells? and Isadar's take on Liz Story?s arrangement of ?Greensleeves? are energetic without losing all abandon. ?Silent Night? and ?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? present us with a very cold, deep solitude - both feel like late night with moonlight reflecting off the snow. Both are moody, but very beautifully so. George Winston?s ?December? is one of my all-time favorite holiday albums, and I feel In Search For the Meaning of Christmas holds up exceptionally well next to it. This is an excellent collection of Christmas music, and I highly recommend it!

In Search For the Meaning of Christmas is the companion songbook to Isadar?s 1999 solo piano release by the same name. Meticulously transcribed note-for-note by David Shenton of New York Music Publishing, the music is faithful to the recording in every way (except for the pianist - YOU!). The scores are clear, concise, and easy to read, and also include chord indications for improvisation or the use of instruments other than or in addition to the piano. Isadar?s arrangements cover a whole range of emotions, from very dark and somber to joyful and buoyant. All of the pieces from the CD are here, including Isadar?s homage to Liz Story and her beautiful version of ?Greensleeves.? My personal favorites of the eleven songs in this book are the bright and cheerful ?Bring A Torch,? ?What Child Is This??, ?Greensleeves,? the darkly gorgeous ?The Coventry Carol,? and ?Sing We Now of Christmas.? Other titles that I really like are ?Children Go Where I Send Thee/The Holly and the Ivy,? ?Star of Wonder (We Three Kings)," ?Carol of the Bells,? and the effervescent ?Three Ships.? ?Silent? (Silent Night) and ?Midnight? (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) are a bit too dark for my own holiday tastes, but are interesting and very personal arrangements. This book will make a great addition to your holiday sheet music collection and is available from isadar.com and amazon.com.

Isadar is an artist on both Enlightened Piano Radio & Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, the latter featuring some of today's biggest names in solo piano music, including Ludovico Einaudi, David Nevue, Brian Crain, Kevin Kern, Robin Spielberg, Michele McLaughlin, Philip Wesley and over 300 more...

Also available as sheet music in physical songbooks, digital downloads, as well as software for Yamaha Disklavier player-pianos.

Here's how to play "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 on piano!

With this piano sheet music, you get an accurate piano arrangement of the whole song which is actually playable, and sounds fantastic!

"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" served as the lead single from Italian group Eiffel 65's debut album "Europop". After its release in 1998, it became a huge international hit, topping the charts in dozens of countries, and even receiving a Grammy nomination.

Built on a catchy, quite beautiful piano theme, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" makes for a fantastic piano solo piece. With this sheet music, you can play it, too!

Here are the full lyrics to Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)":

[Intro]
Yo, listen up, here's a story
About a little guy that lives in a blue world
And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue
Like him inside and outside
Blue his house with a blue little window and a blue Corvette
And everything is blue for him
And himself and everybody around
'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen (To listen, to listen)

[Chorus]
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
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[Verse]
I have a blue house with a blue window
Blue is the color of all that I wear
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue
Blue are the people here that walk around
Blue like my Corvette, it's in and outside
Blue are the words I say and what I think
Blue are the feelings that live inside me

[Chorus]
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye

[Verse]
I have a blue house with a blue window
Blue is the color of all that I wear
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue
Blue are the people here that walk around
Blue like my Corvette, it's in and outside
Blue are the words I say and what I think
Blue are the feelings that live inside me

[Chorus]
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye

[Bridge]
Inside and outside
Blue his house with a blue little window and a blue Corvette
And everything is blue for him
And hisself and everybody around
'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen (To listen)

[Chorus]
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye
I'm Blue ? da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye, da ba dee da ba dye
Da ba dee da ba dye