Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1256869

Composed by Nicholas White. 21st Century,Christmas,Folk,Singer/Songwriter. Octavo. 8 pages. Nicholas White Music #850256. Published by Nicholas White Music (A0.1256869).

A gentle setting for chorus and keyboard, rich in melody and harmony, of Dorothy Parker's poem. 

The things she knew, let her forget again-
The voices in the sky, the fear, the cold,
The gaping shepherds, and the queer old men
Piling their clumsy gifts of foreign gold.

Let her have laughter with her little one;
Teach her the endless, tuneless songs to sing,
Grant her her right to whisper to her son
The foolish names one dare not call a king.

Keep from her dreams the rumble of a crowd,
The smell of rough-cut wood, the trail of red,
The thick and chilly whiteness of the shroud
That wraps the strange new body of the dead.

Ah, let her go, kind Lord, where mothers go
And boast his pretty words and ways, and plan
The proud and happy years that they shall know
Together, when her son is grown a man.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.841363

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Samuel Arnold, and William H. Cummings. Arranged by Michele Galvagno. Christian,Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 18 pages. Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele #6098159. Published by Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele (A0.841363).

This year's Christmas publication choice fell on a song very dear to me: Hark! The herald angels sing. The text, inspired by Luke’s Gospel (2:14), appears for the first time in a collection of Christmas carols called Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739, jointly written by Charles Wesley (1707-1788 ) and George Whitefield (1714-1770), two of the founding members of the Methodist movement.

The version we know today is the one adapted by William H. Cummings (1831-1915) from the section Vaterland, in deinen Gauen of the Festgesang zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9, by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847). The story, however, is more complex and articulated than that.

The original version of the text, written by Wesley, bearing the title Hymn for Christmas-Day, had received only slow and solemn music for its verses, music now almost completely discarded. Also, his original opening lines were Hark! How all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings .

The version that has been passed to us is the result of alterations made by different hands, especially those of Whitefield, who changed the initial couplet into the one we know today.

In 1840-one hundred years after the publication of Hymns and sacred Poems-Mendelssohn composed a cantata commemorating Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing. The English musician William H. Cummings finally adapted Mendelssohn’s music around 1855 in order to fit the music to the verses and give it its present look.

In this edition we propose the version that every listener expects to hear when reading the title on the programme and, immediately after, one of the few original versions that have reached us in their entirety, that is the one set to music by Samuel Arnold (1740-1802) and available today in The British Minstrel, and Musical and Literary Miscellany, vol. 3, published in 1843.

The proposed instrumentations are those of the classical string quartet and the cello quartet. Both variants are very simple to perform and are certainly suitable for small string ensembles formed in musical schools. In the cello quartet version, the only relatively complex part is that of the first cello, which should be left to the teacher or to a student able to play up to the 7th position without excessive troubles.

I hope this music can bring you the serenity that made me prepare it.

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.999352

Composed by Dennis A. Westgate. Children,Christmas,Contemporary,Musical/Show. Octavo. 59 pages. Tyne Music #5953757. Published by Tyne Music (A0.999352).

        Deep in the heart of Dingle Woods everyone is preparing for Christmas. On a
tree stump Barny the barn owl wakes from his slumbers, winks, blinks and toowit-toowoos.
Woody the little fir tree is feeling very sorry for himself, bemoaning the fact that all of
his leafy friends have been taken by the townspeople for their Christmas festivities and
even the late arrival of Jack Frost, a most exuberant character, finds it difficult to lift our
little friend’s spirit with his cheerful banter.
         And so our fir tree resigns himself to make the best of Christmas Eve as all
the forest creatures hurry off home to prepare for the coming celebrations. However,
things take a sudden turn when he overhears the fox and weasel devising a cunning plan
to make a pile of money, by going into the ‘Wholesale Toy Business’.
      Of course when others hear about the plan, Woody becomes nominated to
save Christmas and sets out on his adventure, with a little help from the Christmas Fairy,
Snowy White the snowman and Gordon the Garden Gnome, along with other forest
friends. Needless to say Foxy and Weazy get their just deserts, but just how this comes
about, will have to remain a secret until ............


This album includes the Piano & Vocal Score along with the full Libretto.

For full information please see my website:- https://www.tynemusic.com/woody’s-christmas-adventure

P.S. Owing to the high cost in orchestration The music is only available as a piano score with lyrics and chords. However this is reflected in the price. You would have to add your own instrumentation, but this would be an excellent opportunity for any up and coming senior music student to take on.

SONG TITLES

1) Christmas is Coming
2)   Mister Snow
3)   Little Fir Tree
4)   Snowy White
5)   A Very Merry Christmas
5)   Snowflakes (dance)
6)   Mister Santa Claus
7)   Christmas is Here

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.774744

Composed by Guy Gross and John Palmer. Arranged by Sandra Milliken. Contemporary. Octavo. 11 pages. Sandra Milliken #4887201. Published by Sandra Milliken (A0.774744).

Christmas in Australia is the theme song from the animated, made-for-TV movie Blinky Bill’s White Christmas, a spin-off from the Blinky Bill children’s books (by Australian writer Dorothy Wall) and the Adventures of Blinky Bill TV series. The telemovie first aired on Australia’s Seven Network on Christmas Eve of 2005. In the movie the song was sung by Christine Anu, who also reprised it at Sydney’s 2007 Carols in the Domain.

 Weather-wise, Christmastime in Australia is very different from that in the Northern Hemisphere. Instead of cold, snow and spending time indoors, there’s lots of sunshine, lots of colour everywhere and lots to do in the great outdoors.

 This delightful song – Christmas in Australia – highlights the fact that, whilst these differences do exist, the true meaning of Christmas, the reasons for rejoicing, the coming together of friends and family, the excitement of children, the decorating, and the caring and sharing are the same the world over.

 For on this little world of ours, we’re all one family. So, come and join us as we sing, around the Christmas tree.

 Christmas in Australia deserves a place in the best of Australian Christmas songs. Unfortunately, it is not as widely known and performed as it should be; perhaps because the music has not been readily available. Hopefully these new arrangements for choirs and soloists may go some way towards redressing that situation.

 This arrangement is available in six versions – SATB, SSA and 2-Part for choirs; Low, medium and high voice for soloists/unison choirs.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1309376

By Bing Crosby. By Irving Berlin. Arranged by Jay Dougherty. 21st Century,Christmas,Holiday,Standards,Traditional. 41 pages. Jay Dougherty #898550. Published by Jay Dougherty (A0.1309376).

Irving Berlin's classic White Christmas is arranged here by Dr. Jay Dougherty for triple chorus (SA chorus, SATB chorus, and SSAATB contemporary a cappella), Piano, String Quartet, and Alto Saxophone. Included in this purchase is the full score, the choral score, and the individual string and saxophone parts. Note that it is possible to perform this arrangement without strings or saxophone (SSAATB chorus and piano only) simply by skipping from m. 51 to 85.

Please purchase one copy for each performer.

For more information on arrangements and compositions by Jay Dougherty, visit: www.jmdougherty.com.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.820083

Composed by Marcus Day. Christmas,Contemporary. Octavo. 7 pages. Marcus Day Music #2950361. Published by Marcus Day Music (A0.820083).

This is a piece written by British composer, Marcus Day.

This piece is a Christmas song, written in the jazz style, this piece is a large scale piece, written originally for Organ and SATB choir with Soprano duet. This piece is great fun and contains great large chords to find throughout. Technically challenging but with a beautiful solo line and melody, this piece is a great performance piece for a large scale event or smaller events. The organ is transferable to piano and the part can either be read from this score or bought separately for performance ease. 

The piece is traditionally between three and four minutes in length. The text is taken from a poem written by Carla Esely called 'A White Christmas'. 

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1093208

Composed by Irving Berlin. Arranged by Tom Council. Holiday,Pop. 11 pages. Tom Council #697278. Published by Tom Council (A0.1093208).

Irvin Berlin’s “SNOW� from White Christmas was arranged for the Collins Classic Carolers Christmas 2004, my wife’s Christmas Caroling group, as a request from a Client. It sat in my Finale file not being able to be published until I found that it could now see the light of day thanks to ArrangeMe. The performance here is by Rhapsody of Plano West Sr. High, Plano, Texas. Sarah Council, my daughter in law, is the director. Since the Collins Classic Carolers sang a cappella as they entertained each Christmas, this arrangement is for SATB, a cappella. I would love for someone to be able to use it this Christmas after 18 years. Thanks for looking and listening Tom Council youtu.be/j-nwytxoBbg
You are legally obligated to purchase ONE COPY PER SINGING MEMBER, including conductors and accompanists.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1116227

By Bing Crosby. By Irving Berlin. Arranged by Duncan Lloyd. Broadway,Chamber,Christmas,Musical/Show. Octavo. 4 pages. Duncan Lloyd #717862. Published by Duncan Lloyd (A0.1116227).

This great arrangement for SATB Choir and Piano, captures the sentiment and mood of the original song from the film 'White Christmas' very faithfully. The melody is shared out between the vocal parts and is well within the grasp of a good choir. It requires careful shaping and direction in order to bring out the melodic interest and the harmony, although not demanding, requires good and confident intonation.