Piano,Xylophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.518758 Composed by James Pierpont. Arranged by Marcelo Barros de Borba. Christmas,Classical,Contest,Festival,Jazz,Multicultural,World. 15 pages. Marcelo Borba #129469. Published by Marcelo Borba (A0.518758). Special arrangement for xylophone and piano from the popular song Jingle Bells. Jingle Bells, originally known as One Horse Open Sleigh, is one of the best known Christmas carols in the world. It was written and composed by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published as One Horse Open Sleigh on September 16, 1857, originally a song for Thanksgiving and not Christmas. The song portrays the experiences of the lyrical self while walking through the snow in a horse-drawn sleigh.