Easy Organ Christmas Album - Organ

Seasonal classics gathered in this compilation of traditional and classical organ works for use in church and recital compiled and edited by Rollin Smith. These yuletide favourites by twenty-four different composers including Bach Brahms Franck Pachelbel and others. All set for Organ solo with an informative section of notes on the music offers background on each of the selections.

Organ-Written in the French organ/ toccata style (in the style of Mulet's “Thou Art the Rock”) this is a joyful setting of a popular Christmas classic. While not easy this piece is not outside the reach of the averageorganist who may have experience with this style or with standard French literature. This challenging and rewarding selection is a “showstopper” for a Christmas organ concert or a wonderful postlude for Christmas Eveservices.

This comprehensive collection contains the most well-known best-loved pieces of music that every pianist should have in their repertoire. You'll find classical favourites famous film themes laid-back jazz chart hits wedding music Christmas classics and handy must-haves like 'Auld Lang Syne' and 'Happy Birthday To You' all organised into themed sections for easy navigation. With everything from Mozart to Mariah Carey Einaudi to Elton John and John Williams to Ed Sheeran this is the ultimate dip-in resources for pianists!

164 easy arrangements with chords of carols from around the world complete with lyrics in the original language as well as English. This special collection also includes historical background information on the observance of Christmas through the years and notes about specific carols to give added understanding. Songs are included from England Italy Latin America Spain Scandinavia Poland Czech Republic and more.Note on the arrangements:'We have worked to make this book both flexible and useful. The Piano accompaniments have been kept simple but much effort has gone into making them musically interesting and satisfying. Chordindications are given for every carol so that the accompaniments may be played on Chord Organs Accordions Guitars Ukuleles and other fretted instruments. A detailed chart demonstrating how to finger chords for fretted instruments is given at the back of the book.We have been careful to keep the voice ranges of the songs comfortable and the texts singable. Since harmony parts always add much pleasure to singing we have retained traditional four-part arrangements of the most familiar carols and hymns. For the others we have provided a second part to go along with the melody (printed in smaller notes) that may be sung or played on the Recorder Flute Violin or on other non-transposing instruments.' - Walter Ehret George K. Evans