Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.841364 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 #6098157. Published by Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele (A0.841364). 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.

4 cellos - easy - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q53943 This edition: Sheet music. Downloadable. Musikverlag Zimmermann - Digital #Q53943. Published by Musikverlag Zimmermann - Digital (S9.Q53943). German • English • French.This issue offers a variety of the most popular Christmas carols both in traditional movements which were rearranged and in new ones, written by the editor for 4 violoncelli. A choir-like performance by a large ensemble is also possible. The arrangements are a result of working with the ensemble Dr. Hoch’s Philharmonische Cellisten of which the editor is in charge. The movements are very easy and with only a few exceptions they can be played in the 1st position. The songs are less suited for singing along since they are usually notated in a low register. According to the author, it is recommended to enjoy the pure cello sound.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.524578 Composed by James R. Murray. Arranged by John A. Dempsey. Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Sacred,Traditional. 24 pages. John A. Dempsey #6035887. Published by John A. Dempsey (A0.524578). A medley of two Christmas carols, this triumphant string quartet for two violins and two cellos is graced with both quiet, prayerful moments of reflection and joyful bursts of praise.  Mood, tempo and time signature changes add to the dramatic impact of the music as a worship experience.  It's a sweeping musical journey that celebrates the miracle of Jesus' birth.  Recommended for Christmas plays, pageants and programs, holiday recitals and Christmas concerts as well as traditional Christmas church services and other seasonal worship events, as a prelude, postlude, an offertory, interlude, Christmas play overture and special music.  20 pages of music (that includes the score, separate two-page parts for violin 2, cello 1 and cello 2 and a three-page part for violin 1).  Key: E minor.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet - Digital Download SKU: A0.506065 By MARCOS LUIZ MENDES FEITOSA. By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Franz Xaver Gruber, Georg Friederich Händel, James Lord Pierpont, James Ramsey Murray, John Francis Wade, Lewis Redner, Traditional English, Traditional French, and Traditional Welsh. Arranged by MARCOS LUIZ MENDES FEITOSA. Christmas,Multicultural,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Traditional,World. Score and parts. 107 pages. Published by Marcos Luiz Mendes Feitosa (A0.506065). In this special Christmas book, 10 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, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night, Away in a Manger and Deck the Halls, which were adapted for Cello Quartet, they makes us travel through this time of celebration, joy and harmony between peoples and makes us feel the true spirit of Christmas!