Sixteen fabulous arrangements and medleys of beloved holiday carols for string quartet. Includes all four parts and scores. Contents of the album:1. Bell Carol/In Dulci Jubilo (\"Good Christian Men Rejoice\") (Traditional)2. \"Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella\" (Traditional)3. \"Carol of the Drum\" (Traditional Czech)4. \"Carol of the Bells\" (Ukranian Carol) (Leontovych)5. Greensleeves (\"What Child Is This\") (Traditional)6. \"Lo, How a Rose E?er Blooming\" (Praetorius)7. \"O Holy Night\" (Adam)8. \"Silent Night, Holy Night\" (Gruber)9. \"We Wish You a Merry Christmas\" (Traditional)10. A Christmas Feast: Five ancient carols for strings(includes: \"Ding Dong! Merrily on High,\" \"Verbum Caro Factum Est,\" \"Gaudete,\" \"Carol of the Bagpipers,\" and \"Coventry Carol.\")11. Heaven and Nature Sing (Christmas Medley I) (includes \"Joy to the World,\" \"Angels We Have Heard on High,\" and \"Away in a Manger.\")12. We Come A-Caroling (Christmas Medley II)(includes: \"Shepherds Leave Your Sheep,\" \"Come, O Come Emmanuel\" and \"Here We Come A-Caroling\")13. Carols for Christmas Eve (Christmas Medley III) (includes: \"The Coventry Carol,\" \"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen\" and \"Listen, Lordlings, Unto Me\")14. A Christmas Wassail (Christmas Medley IV)(includes: \"Adeste Fideles,\" \"Away in a Manger\" and \"The Glouchester Wassail.\")15. Christmas Angels (Christmas Medley V) (includes: \"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,\" \"The First Noel\" and \"Deck the Hall.\")16. Sing We Now of Christmas (Christmas Medley VI)(includes: \"Sing We Now of Christmas,\" \"Fum, Fum, Fum!\" and \"Il Est Né, le Divin Enfant\").

YourFavorite Christmas Hymns and Carols for Strings, Book 1

Arrangedfor strings by Colin Kirkpatrick

Here?sa brand new collection of best-loved Christmas hymns and carols arranged for strings,to brighten up your next Christmas event. They are presented in a set of twobooks and include full four-part instrumental scores plus parts for first violin,second violin, viola, cello and optional double bass. Both cello and bass partsappear on a single staff. The arrangements can be used with string quartet, stringquintet or string ensemble. There?s also an optional but useful simplifiedkeyboard part intended for less experienced keyboard players. The left handplays only the bass part most of the time, with the right hand part kept assimple as possible. It could be used as the basis of an accompaniment whichmeans that you can use the arrangements as solos, duets or trios.

Thearrangements are intended either as stand-alone pieces that could be used asinterludes in a concert or service, or they could be used to accompany solo,choral or congregational singing. The arrangements been written in string-friendlykeys as often as possible. While the hymns mostly use the traditionalharmonies, the carols have been treated more freely.
Book 1 includes thefollowing 19 titles: Angels from the Realms of Glory (Melody: Gloria); Awayin a Manger (Melody: Mueller); Unto Us a Child Is Born (Melody: PuerNobis); Christians Awake! (Melody: Yorkshire); Deck the Halls withBoughs of Holly (Melody: Nos Galan); Go Tell it on the Mountain; GoodChristian Men, Rejoice (Melody: In Dulci Jubilo); Good King Wenceslas(Melody: Tempus Adest Floridum); I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In; ItCame Upon the Midnight Clear (Melody: Carol); Little Jesus, SweetlySleep (Melody: Rocking); O Christmas Tree (Melody: Tannenbaum); OCome all ye Faithful (Melody: Adeste Fidelis); O Little Town ofBethlehem (Melody: Saint Louis); O Holy Night (Melody: CantiqueNoël); Silent Night (Melody: Stille Nacht); The Holly and the Ivy;We Wish You a Merry Christmas and What Child is This? (Melody:Greensleeves)

Theaudio samples include Go Tell it on the Mountain; O Christmas Tree; O Holy Night and SilentNight. Please note that the arrangements are usually not usually compatiblewith the brass collection of the same name

These arrangements of favorite Christmas carols are sure to brighten up your next Christmas event. They include full four-part instrumental scores plus parts for 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola and cello/double bass. Most of the carols can be played in first position, but for a brighter sound, ask your more experienced violinists to play an octave higher. The double bass is optional because it uses the cello part. The arrangements can be used with string quartet, string quintet or string ensemble. There?s also an optional but useful simplified keyboard part intended for less experienced keyboard players. It could be used as the basis of an accompaniment which means that you can use the arrangements as solos, duets or trios.


Please note that because the arrangements are in string-friendly keys, they?re not compatible with the brass and wind collections of the same name. The scores and all the parts are contained in a single 79-page PDF file. This collection includes the following favorite carols: Angels We Have Heard On High (Gloria); Lo, How a Rose E?er Blooming (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen); O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Veni Emmanuel); The First Noel; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Bransle de l?Officiel); O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn); Go Tell It on the Mountain; O Little Town of Bethlehem (St. Louis); O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël); Silent Night (Stille Nacht); Away in a Manger (Mueller); Joy to the World (Antioch); O Christmas Tree (Tannenbaum); We Three Kings (Kings of Orient); I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Waltham); What Child is This? (Greensleeves); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas (Tempus Adest Floridum) and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

In this special Christmas book, the best known and most traditional Christmas songs are gathered here: Jingle Bells, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Adeste Fideles, Joy To The World and Hark The Herald Angels Sing, which were adapted for String Quartet, they makes us travel through this time of celebration, joy and harmony between peoples and makes us feel the true spirit of Christmas!

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard?s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.

In this special Christmas book, 15 known and most traditional Christmas songs are gathered here: Jingle Bells, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Adeste Fideles, Joy To The World, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, and others, which were adapted for String Quartet, they makes us travel through this time of celebration, joy and harmony between peoples and makes us feel the true spirit of Christmas!

No mere hymn transcriptions, each of these masterfully crafted arrangements will add joy and sophistication to an Advent/Christmas recital or Church service. Harmonic embellishments, ingenious counterpoint, and provocative key changes provide each of the twelve pieces with a warmth and grace that provide stylistic contrasts and make each selection both nostalgically familiar and engaging fresh. This collection is a must-have for ensembles wishing to enhance their holiday repertoire.