String quartet arrangements of traditional Jewishholiday songs for Rosh Hashana, Hanukkah, Purim and Shavuot. I live in Israel, and my quartet plays every holiday at a schoolfor handicapped children. I wrote these arrangements for them.

I hope you enjoy playing this asmuch as I enjoyed writing it. If you enjoy this, you are welcome to try some ofmy other arrangements. You can see them at

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/yoel-epstein-sheet-music/3001988?ac=1

I have also arranged three songsfrom the Holocaust, which I arranged and distribute for free on IMSLP. You canfind them at

http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa">imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa

If you need arrangements of any ofthese songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me atmailto:yoelepst@gmail.com and I will try toaccommodate

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!

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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!

"You Raise Me Up" is a song originally composed by Irish-Norwegian duo Secret Garden. The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf L�vland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham. The song has been recorded by more than a hundred other artists including Josh Groban, who popularized the song in 2003; his rendition became a hit in the United States. "You Raise Me Up" is sung as a contemporary hymn in church services.

This arrangement for string quartet includes the following parts: Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello.
It is suitable for classroom, repertoire, recital and wedding.