Description

This reproducible collection will be an invaluable resource for the Christmas season! It is also a wonderful budget stretcher. With the purchase of this collection, the original purchaser (church, school, or community ensemble) is granted permission to make copies as needed for their choir. The easy accompaniment chords may be played on either handbells or handchimes. The carol melodies may be sung and/or played by an instrument. Sing-along sheets are included, as well as instrumental parts for B-flat and C-treble instruments and C-bass instruments. The accompaniments may be rung with or without keyboard, and a list of harmonically compatible hymnal settings is provided. Suggestions are also included for combing carols into a medley. This flexible collection is ideal for your carol accompaniment needs--whether the melody is sung or played--throughout the holiday season.

Voicing: 2, 3, 4, or 5 octaves handbells or handchimes with violin and/or C or Bb instrument/keyboard

Composer: Gustav T. Holst, Henry John Gauntlett, Lewis H. Redner, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Storrs Willis, Franz Gruber, John F. Wade, and G. F. Handel

Arranger: Margaret R. Tucker

Tunes: CRANHAM (In the Bleak Midwinter); IRBY (Once in Royal David's City); ST. LOUIS (O Little Town of Bethlehem); ORIENTIS PARTIBUS (Jesus, Our Brother); MENDELSSOHN (Hark! the Herald Angels Sing); CAROL (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear); STILLE NACHT (Silent Night); GO TELL IT (Go, Tell it on the Mountain); W ZLOBIE LEZY (Infant Holy, Infant Lowly); VENI, VENI, EMMANUEL (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel); ADESTES FIDELES (O Come, All Ye Faithful); ANTIOCH (Joy to the World);

Season: Christmas

Level: 1/1+

Contents: Go, Tell It On the Mountain, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, In the Bleak Midwinter; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear; Jesus, Our Brother, Stron and Good; Joy to the World; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Come, O Come, Emmanuel; O Little Town of Bethlehem, Once in Royal David's City; Silent Night

Additional Resources:

CGB914 Christmas Carol Accompaniments, Vol. 2