The First Nowell (The First Noel)

Description A great collection of nineteen festive pieces including traditional carols, seasonal songs and extracts from vocal and orchestral works, for easy piano. Features musicfrom such composers as Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Corelli and Handel. Incldues lyrics where appropriate, so you can sing along too! Songlist Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker Suite Op.71a) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich] For Unto Us A Child Is Born (Messiah) [Handel, George Frideric] Good King Wenceslas [Traditional] Good King Wencesles (English) In Dulci Jubilo [Traditional] Jingle Bells [Pierpont, James Lord] Jingle Bells [Pierpont, James] Largo Pastorale [Corelli, Arcangelo] Noel Nouvelet [Old French Carol] O Christmas Tree [Traditional] O Holy Night [Adam, Adolphe] Polonaise [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai] Quem Pastores Laudavere [Traditional] Rocking [Traditional] Silent Night [Gruber, Franz] Silent Night [Gruber, Franz] [Mohr, Josef] Sinfonia [Bach, Johann Sebastian] The Coventry Carol [Traditional] The First Nowell [Traditional] We Wish You a Merry Christmas [Traditional] What Child Is This? [Traditional] Winter (The Four Seasons) [Vivaldi, Antonio]

This outstanding collection of 90 carols offers a balanced mixture of accompanied and unaccompanied items which will appeal immediately to conductors, singers and audiences alike. Mostly for mixed voices, it includes 16 carols and a further 39 arrangements published here for the first time. From Gabrielli to Judith Weir, medieval melodies to spirituals, the range of styles covers a wide spectrum of tastes. Conductors will welcome the availability of optional orchestral material available on hire for 24 of the carols, to allow for performances without organ. This major issue of carols is edited by William Llewellyn, a well established figure in the world of choral music. / Chant Et Piano