Collection of 50 Christmas Carols for solo Soprano Recorder, comfortable range and key, easy for beginners.
Contents: A la nanita nana - Adeste Fideles - Angels from the Realms of Glory - As Lately We Watched, As with Gladness Men of Old - Auld Lang Syne - Away in a Manger - Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle - Carol of the bells - Children, Go Where I Send Thee - O Christmas Tree - Coventry Carol - The Deck the Halls - Ding Dong Merrily on High - First Noel - The Friendly Beasts - The Gloucestershire Wassail - Go Tell it on the Mountain - God Rest Ye Merry,Gentlemen - Good King Wenceslas - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Holly and the Ivy - The Huron Carol - I saw three ships - In dulci Jubilo - In Notte Placida - In the Bleak Midwinter - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - Jingle Bells - Joy to The World - Lullaby - O Holy Night - O Little Town of Bethlehem - O Sanctissima - Oh, come, little children - Once in Royal David's City - Over the river and through the woods - Patapan - Quanno Nascette Ninno - Ring Out, Wild Bells - Rise Up Shepherd And Follow - Sans Day Carol - Silent Night - Toyland - The Twelve Days of Christmas - Up on the Housetop - We Three Kings of Orient Are - We Wish you a Merry Christmas - What Child Is This? - Winter's Snow.

This collection includes six hymn arrangements for piano duet (one piano, four hands). From the peaceful assurance of ?It Is Well with My Soul? to the rousing commitment of ?Called to Serve Medley,? each of these pieces is arranged beautifully to provide a memorable musical offering suitable for church services and other special occasions. Primo and secondo parts are fairly well balanced in difficulty and involvement, and for the most part are accessible to the intermediate pianist. ?Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing? is classified as late intermediate because it offers some more advanced rhythmic challenges and creative meter changes. 59 pages.


1. How Great Thou Art

2. The Spirit of God

3. A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief

4. Called to Serve Medley (includes ?Called to Serve,? ?I?ll Go Where You Want Me to Go,? and ?How Gentle God?s Commands?)

5. It Is Well with My Soul

6. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing



YouTube playlist of all six duets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jGsH0nl7oandlist=PLNCfNIIU9pLRdDBLm1kz8esyHQGxZxj0U

Theselively arrangements are intended for the elementary pianists or keyboardplayers. While some duets are more challenging than others, the notation hasusually been kept as simple as possible and musical elements such as dynamics,articulations, phrasing and slurs have been omitted completely. To make thingseasier for the players, the piano parts are printed in large type with Primoand Secondo parts on separate pages. In the Secondo part, chordsare printed underneath the staff (rather than above) to create space for thefingering suggestions.

Elementarypianists rarely have the valuable opportunity of playing in an ensemble. Themain feature of the Really Easy Christmas Collection for piano duet isthat it?s fully compatible with the Optional Instrumental Pack, a set ofinstrumental parts for all 20 songs in this collection. The Instrumental Packcontains (a) full scores of each piece plus a set of parts in varioustranspositions. It is available here: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/21394520 

Theduets include the following well-known Christmas carols and hymns: Angels fromthe Realms of Glory (Melody: Gloria); As with Gladness, Men of Old (Melody:Dix); Away in a Manger (Melody: Mueller); Deck the Halls (Melody: Nos Galan); Ding!Dong! Merrily on High (Melody: Bransle de l'Officiel); God Rest You Merry,Gentlemen (Melody: God Rest You Merry); Good Christians All Rejoice (Melody: InDulci Jubilo); Good King Wenceslas (Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum); Hark! TheHerald Angels Sing (Melody: Mendelssohn); I Saw Three Ships (Melody: I SawThree Ships); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Carol); Joy to the World(Melody: Antioch); Oh Christmas Tree (Melody: Tannenbaum); Oh Come all yeFaithful (Melody: Adeste Fidelis); Once in Royal David's City (Melody: Irby); SilentNight (Melody: Stille Nacht); The First Nowell; The Holly and the Ivy (Melody:Holly and the Ivy); We Three Kings and WeWish You a Merry Christmas.

Theaudio examples include several other instruments using parts from the OptionalInstrumental Pack.

Seven familiar hymns

Seven familiar hymns are arranged for the young pianist's use during worship. The collection is particularly recommended for teachers and students, although useful for any two pianists who enjoy playing 4-hand piano settings.

Away In A Manger
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
Jesus Loves Me
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Kum Ba Yah
and When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.

Angels We Have Heard on High is Michael Ware's exuberant Four Hand Piano arrangement of the well known French carol. Complete with an antiphonal introduction and a captivating use of mixed meter, this setting is sure to please at any celebration of the season.

Fum, Fum, Fum with Pat-a-Pan is Michael Ware's 4 Hand Piano arrangement of the famous Catalan and French Christmas carols. Sure to delight the audience or congregation, this mesmerizing setting is bound to become a holiday favorite. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MakzQlfcVt4&index=17&list=UUOdpHXmHg4DNcOmBfIQPeCw
2017 Holiday Contest Entry