Christmas Is Coming

SKU: BT.MUSAM971531

ISBN 9780711989900.

E verybody's favourite Christmas carols and songs in one wonderfully practical and convenient edition creates The Best Christmas Songbook Ever (A5 Format), featuring 49 songs arranged for Piano, VoiceandGuitar. 

Every member of the family is catered for, young and old, with a selection of favourites covering the traditional classics that make the season special like Away In A Manger, We Three Kings OfOrientAre and O Come, All Ye Faithful. Not only this, but more recent pop tunes are represented such as I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, Last Christmas and Santa ClausIsComing To Town. The generous selection of songs from old carols to new tunes makes this the perfect book for you this Christmas, so you can begin Christmas Eve with the classic carols and bring in Christmas Day with thefuncontemporary pop. 

The accessible arrangements of lyrics, melody, Piano and Guitar chords mean that you don't have to spend too much time practising before family and friends can gather around the Piano for aChristmassing-along. Because this songbook has everything, you can keep it as part of your music collection and dig it out every year for those times when the family can gather around and sing the songs that get you into thespirit of theseason. 

For the best and most varied collection of Christmas songs ever compiled, from old to new, classic to contemporary, pick up The Best Christmas Songbook Ever, and put a Yuletidesmile on theface of everyone with these universally loved tunes.

You can also purchase this book in its larger, standardsize for abumper-sized Yuletide.

SKU: FG.55011-895-9

ISBN 9790550118959.

The Urtext edition (2023) of Jean Sibelius’ Five Christmas Songs op. 1 for voice and piano is based on the critical edition presented in the volume VIII/2 Works for Solo Voice Vol. 2 of Jean Sibelius Works (JSW) edited by Jukka Tiilikainen. The lyrics are included in Swedish, Finnish and English.

Sakari Ylivuori's introduction illuminates the history of the beloved songs: May 1, 1913 was cold and wet. Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) spent the day at home at Ainola composing two Christmas songs: settings of poems for children by Zachris Topelius. The two songs born on that chilly spring day were Nu står jul vid snöig port (Now stands Yule at the snowy gate) and Nu så kommer julen (Now is Christmas coming). He then put them together with three Christmas carols he had earlier composed and gave the set the imposing Opus number 1. He had previously considered giving the distinction to various other works, but from 1915 onwards the Five Christmas Songs had the honour of heading his catalogue. [...]

Contents
Nu står jul vid snöig port • Joulu saapuu portin luo • Now stands Yule at the snowy gate [F major]
Nu så kommer julen • Tervehtii jo meitä joulu armahin • Now is Christmas coming [e minor]
Det mörknar ute • Jo joutuu ilta • O’er hill and dale [F major]
Julvisa • En etsi valtaa, loistoa • Christmas song [G major]
On hanget korkeat, nietokset • Visst drivor höga som skyn vi ha • The shining snows are driving high [F major].

SKU: HL.269654

UPC: 888680738877. 5.0x5.0x0.147 inches.

This cheery new holiday song from pop singer Sia is upbeat and bright and perfect for the Christmas season. With a Calypso feel, the lyrics suggest a simpler time.