Christmas For Beginner String Ensembles

Informatie

Christmas is a time for making music especially in ensembles. This edition with its very easy arrangements for two violins, viola and cello is ideal for beginner string players to get into the Christmas spirit. The 27 pieces are based either on works of Baroque composers such as Lully or Handel, or on traditional, mostly German, Christmas carols. One of the pieces requires an additional violin, another a viola.

With their uncomplicated structure and accompanying parts which tie in closely with the melody, these pieces encourage ensemble playing from an early age.

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1. Let's be Glad and Full of Cheer / Lasst uns froh und munter sein
2. Ring Sleighbells Ring / Kling Glöckchen
3. Minuet / Menuett [Händel, Georg Friedrich]
4. O Snowflakes how Gently / Schneeflöckchen
5. Festive March / Festlicher Marsch [Händel, Georg Friedrich]
6. Bourrée [Händel, Georg Friedrich]
7. Lift up Your Heads / Macht hoch die Tür [Händel, Georg Friedrich]
8. Minuet / Menuett [Lully, Jean-Baptiste]
9. Snow Falls Silent and Deep / Leise rieselt der Schnee
10. Sarabanda [Caesar, Johann Melchior]
11. From Highest Heaven I Come to Tell / Vom Himmel hoch
12. Minuet / Menuett [Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand]
13. A Great and Mighty Wonder / Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
14. Minuet / Menuett [Händel, Georg Friedrich]
15. Silent Night / Stille Nacht [Gruber, Franz Xaver]
16. Gavotte [Fischer, Johann]
17. O What a Joyful Day / O freudenreicher Tag
18. Bourrée [Caesar, Johann Melchior]
19. Let us Weigh this Little Child / Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen
20. Every Cold December / Alle Jahre wieder
21. O Children Come Quickly / Ihr Kinderlein kommet
22. What a Blessed Time / O du fröhliche
23. Minuet / Menuett [Fischer, Johann]
24. Come all You Shepherds / Kommet, ihr Hirten
25. What can this be Happening / Was soll das bedeuten
26. Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand / Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
27. Sleep my Child / Schlaf, mein Kindelein