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We Wish you a Merry Christmas for English Horn and Piano
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Christmas
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1340303 Composed by Unknown. Arranged by Rika K. Chamber,Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Traditional....
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1340303 Composed by Unknown. Arranged by Rika K. Chamber,Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Traditional. Score and part. 2 pages. Rika K. #925976. Published by Rika K. (A0.1340303). We present to you an exclusive arrangement of the classic Christmas song, We Wish You a Merry Christmas. This is a traditional English Christmas song that dates back to the 16th century Victorian era. This arrangement has been meticulously wrote for English Horn and Piano; making it a perfect choice for beginner ensembles. The simplicity and beauty of this piece will allow novice musicians to shine, captivating the audience with the joy of Christmas. Moreover, this arrangement is not just a musical piece, but also an excellent educational resource. Music teachers can use it as teaching material in their classes, helping students to hone their musical skills while preparing for the festive season. Ideal for recitals, concerts, or performances, this arrangement of We Wish You a Merry Christmas will certainly add a festive touch to any event. By purchasing this sheet music, you will be bringing the joy and tradition of Christmas to your music. Don’t miss the opportunity to acquire this exclusive arrangement and bring the magic of Christmas to your music.
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We Wish you a Merry Christmas for English Horn and Piano
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English horn, Piano
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BEGINNER
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Christmas
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purchasing this sheet music, y
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Unknown
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Rika K
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We Wish you a Merry Christmas
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Rika K.
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1340154 Composed by Unknown. Arranged by Rika K. Chamber,Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Traditional....
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1340154 Composed by Unknown. Arranged by Rika K. Chamber,Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Traditional. Score and part. 2 pages. Rika K. #925818. Published by Rika K. (A0.1340154). We present to you an exclusive arrangement of the classic Christmas song, We Wish You a Merry Christmas. This is a traditional English Christmas song that dates back to the 16th century Victorian era. This arrangement has been meticulously wrote for English Horn and Piano- with Chords; making it a perfect choice for beginner ensembles. The simplicity and beauty of this piece will allow novice musicians to shine, captivating the audience with the joy of Christmas. Moreover, this arrangement is not just a musical piece, but also an excellent educational resource. Music teachers can use it as teaching material in their classes, helping students to hone their musical skills while preparing for the festive season. Ideal for recitals, concerts, or performances, this arrangement of We Wish You a Merry Christmas will certainly add a festive touch to any event. By purchasing this sheet music, you will be bringing the joy and tradition of Christmas to your music. Don’t miss the opportunity to acquire this exclusive arrangement and bring the magic of Christmas to your music.
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Morning Has Broken
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English horn, Piano
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Rock
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Cat Stevens
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James M
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Morning Has Broken
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.548740 By Cat Stevens. By Cat Stevens. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Rock. Score and part....
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.548740 By Cat Stevens. By Cat Stevens. Arranged by James M. Guthrie, ASCAP. Rock. Score and part. 11 pages. Jmsgu3 #3415205. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.548740). Very strong arrangement for Easter. Duration: 2:48. 84 ms. Score: 7 pg. Solo part 1 pg. piano part 3 pg. Morning Has Broken is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune known as Bunessan [1] (it shares this tune with the 19th century Christmas Carol Child in the Manger[2]). It is often sung in children's services and in Funeral services.[3] English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat. The song became identified with Stevens due to the popularity of this recording. It reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, number one on the U.S. easy listening chartin 1972,[4] and number four on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. The hymn originally appeared in the second edition of Songs of Praise (published in 1931), to the tune Bunessan, composed in the Scottish Islands. In Songs of Praise Discussed, the editor, Percy Dearmer, explains that as there was need for a hymn to give thanks for each day, English poet and children's author Eleanor Farjeon had been asked to make a poem to fit the lovely Scottish tune. A slight variation on the original hymn, also written by Eleanor Farjeon, can be found in the form of a poem contributed to the anthology Children's Bells, under Farjeon's new title, A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring), published by Oxford University Press in 1957. The song is noted in 9/4 time but with a 3/4 feel. Bunessan had been found in L. McBean's Songs and Hymns of the Gael, published in 1900.[5] Before Farjeon's words, the tune was used as a Christmas carol, which began Child in the manger, Infant of Mary, translated from the Scottish Gaelic lyrics written by Mary MacDonald. The English-language Roman Catholic hymnal also uses the tune for the James Quinn hymns, Christ Be Beside Me and This Day God Gives Me, both of which were adapted from the traditional Irish hymn St. Patrick's Breastplate. Another Christian hymn, Baptized In Water, borrows the tune. -Wikipedia
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Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven for English Horn
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English horn, Piano
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1156931 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Ander. Christmas,Classical,Instructional,Ma...
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English Horn,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1156931 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Ander. Christmas,Classical,Instructional,March,Romantic Period. Score and part. 5 pages. Woods Only, Arrangements #757275. Published by Woods Only, Arrangements (A0.1156931). This arrangement adapted for cor anglais and piano was designed to make its listeners weep with emotion, because the adaptation preserves the original essence of the work, keeping its integrity faithful to what Beethoven wanted to transmit, with only a slight change in tone and addition of harmonic resources in the structure of the arrangement. Even though it is a funeral march, it is well suited for any musical performance occasion, being intended for beginner students who want to immerse themselves in the universe of romantic music, and nothing better than starting with the transitional composer of this period, which also does not prevent professional teachers from using it for recitals, academic presentations or didactic material in their classes as an ensemble practice. Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor sharp, Op. 27, No. 2, is one of his most popular compositions and was an audience favorite even in his day. Written when Beethoven was 31, the Moonlight Sonata (Mondscheinsonate in German) was composed after he finished some commissioned works, but there is no evidence that he was hired to write this work. It did not receive its nickname until 1832, five years after Beethoven's death. It was the critic Ludwig Rellstab who compared the music to a moonlighting on Lake Lucerne. This comparison was adopted as a nickname for the work. Called Quasi una fantasia by the author - like its companion Op. 27, No. 1 - the piece was completed in 1801 and dedicated the following year to one of the composer's pupils. Beethoven chose to open the sonata with a slow, hypnotic arpeggio movement, the best known of the entire work. The dotted rhythm of its minimal melody evokes the tradition of 'Trauermusik' (funeral music).
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