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I have a quite a collection of Christmas sheet music, from adaptations of carols that sound like Chopin or Handel (fun!), the Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas suite to hymnal standards. Marilynn Ham's arrangements, however, are a step above any I've played before.
The 10 songs include Hark, The Herald Angels Sing, Sussex Carol, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle, Ding, Dong, Merrily on High' It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Still, Still, Still, O Little Town of Bethlehem, What Child is This, and a Huron Carol. All of them have a certain structure; generally the introductory page is the familiar carol in a relatively high tessatura (usually at or above Middle C), with simple arrangement, followed by a transition and key change to a more broad arrangment, either keyboard-spanning chords or arpeggio accompaniement (either treble or bass) with the melody in the other hand. The logic of these arrangements is so beautifully thought-out that if you are a moderately advanced pianist, you can sight-read these with little trouble. If you are below intermediate, you will have a bit of trouble; there are a lot of keyboard-spanning arpeggios and big chords plus key changes requiring quick thinking. However, the openings are playable by any intermediate pianist, even advanced beginner (take a look online at the sample pages to get an idea.)
These are beautiful arrangements, well worth learning and they are traditional enough for most church performances as they stay very true to the original melody and harmony. Gorgeous work and pure pleasure to play.
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Glory to the Newborn King (Book & CD) (Sacred Performer Collections) [Paperback]Product Description: These contemporary arrangements make up the second addition to Alfred's best-selling Sacred Performer Series. Original introductions and postludes, large colorful chords, octave displacement and rubato are infused into favorites including "Ding, Dong, Merrily on High," "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" and more.
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This book is well worth the purchase and subsequent time given to the practice of individual songs will yield a pretty little repertoire. If an adult student, this book is late elementary.
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fabulous songs with great imagery.as a piano teacher I most recently purchased this book for a 9 year old boy who is devouring all of the songs and excitedly looking forward to the next.![Hymns for Meditation [Paperback]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xl6oiv7-L._AA160_.jpg)
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I am a big fan of Mel Brooks and more recently a fan of his newest hit musical formerlly starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.Since then I have been reading The Producers forum at the official website, and almost every week someone asks "Where can I get a copy of the sheet music" or some variation there of.Well here it is!This collection of 19 catchy tunes and hillarious lyrics is great for singing along with a piano accompament.The songs include ...'Til Him, Along Came Bialy Betrayed, Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop, Goodbye!, Haben Sie Gehort Das Deutsche Band? (Have You Ever Heard The German Band?), Heil Myself, I Wanna Be A Producer, In Old Bavaria, Keep It Gay, Opening Night, Prisoners Of Love (Leo & Max), Springtime For Hitler, That Face, The King Of Broadway, We Can Do It, When You Got It, Flaunt It, Where Did We Go Right?, and You Never Say Good Luck On Opening Night!This is almost everysong on the CD (with the exception of the Oventure and the reprise of Opening Night).With this book you'll have an opportunity to sing, hum, clap and hail Mel the way you may have done when you saw this great Broadway hit!![The Best of The Beatles [Paperback]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LlLpXn85L._AA160_.jpg)
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