For Choir (ad lib.), 2 Descant Recorders and Orff Instruments. European Christmas Carols with suggestions for festive settings. This collection meets the demand for dance pieces in class teaching which are not too ambitious but which are of good quality. The collection is aimed at junior and secondary school pupils but the pieces may also be used at more advanced levels and outside the school. Simple dances suited to the music may be created and performed by children and teachers. Preface by the Authors • Translators' Notes • Abbreviations for Instruments • Songs: • There Once Were Three Angels • Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine • We Praise and Honour the Three Holy Kings • To God Be Praises From Us All • Let Our Gladness Know No End • O Heaven, Open Wide Thy Gates • Whence, O Shepherd Maiden • Born Is the Baby Jesus • Vondràsi, Matosi • I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In • Polish Lullaby • The Time Has Come, Let Us All Be Rejoicing • Hallelujah, Canon • Suggestions for Festive settings: • The Inn • The Shepherds • The Manger • Notes • References
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This edition contains compositionally free arrangements of folksongs; quasi 'folksong fantasias en miniature' they are not to be mistaken for simple folksong arrangements. Only moder-ately difficult they should appeal to a wide circle of recorder lovers.
Contents: Folksongs from England, Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. For soprano, alto, tenor, and bass recorders. MORE»
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1 or 2 soprano recorders. This book contains a selection of Christmas carols in very easy arrangements for descant recorder with an optional second part. Includes: Away in a Manger • Hark! The Herald Angel Sing • It Came upon the Midnight Clear • Once in Royal David's City • The First Nowell • Silent Night! • O Little Town of Bethlehem • O Christmas Tree • O Come, All Ye Faithful • See Amid the Winters Snow • While Shepherds Wathed Their Flocks • The Holly and the Ivy • Angels, from the Realms of Glory • We Three Kings of Orient Are • Good Christian Men, Rejoice • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • Good King Wenceslas • God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen • Past Tree O'clock • Patapan.
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Easy duets for descant recorders, ranging from Beethoven to the blues, to encourage the learning of new notes and rhythms. Suitable for two players or class ensembles, with piano accompaniments in the teachers' books. Ideal for use alongside the Recorder From The Beginning tutor books.
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