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25 Christmas Favorites for Easy Piano (Ken Barker)

Ken Barker follows up the 25 Easy Piano Favorites with this collection designed for first through third grade piano students. These arrangements also include lyrics, so this can be used to lead singing from, for Christmas parties or other groups. Titles include: Away in a Manger * Christmas Is a Time to Love * Come on, Ring Those Bells * Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus * Deck the Hall * Emmanuel * The First Noel * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * Infant Holy, Infant Lowly * O Come, Let Us Adore Him * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Tennessee Christmas * What Child Is This? * and more.

Word Music
56 pages
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Christmas & Carols, Vol. 2 – Holiday Classics for Solo Piano (opt. C instr.)

Creative carols from three different arrangers (Phil Perkins, Carol Tornquist and Bill Wolaver) bring fresh new settings for the Christmas season all with optional obligato parts. Each one may be played by a C instrument or with a second keyboard (synthesizer) instead. Includes 12 holiday classics: Angels, from the Realms of Glory * The Birthday of a King * Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * O Come, O Come, Emmanuel * Silent Night! Holy Night! * We Three Kings * and more.

Word Music
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Jazz Carols for Christmas (Jim Hammerly)

A collection of 10 of the most familiar melodies of Christmas arranged in a fresh new jazz style by gifted pianist Jim Hammerly. These titles are arranged for advanced solo piano: Angels We Have Heard on High * The First Noel * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * How Great Our Joy! * It Came upon the Midnight Clear * Joy to the World! * O Come, All Ye Faithful * O Holy Night! * O Little Town of Bethlehem * What Child Is This?. Includes lyric pages for each carol.
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Eternal Glory – Songs for Memorial Services

42 songs of comfort and hope, including: Amazing Grace * Ave Maria (Schubert) * Because He Lives * Deep River * For All the Saints * Friends * His Eye Is on the Sparrow * Home Free * How Great Thou Art * If You Could See Me Now * It Is Well with My Soul * Just a Closer Walk with Thee * Panis Angelicus (O Lord Most Holy) * Peace in the Valley * Rock of Ages * When We All Get to Heaven * You’ll Never Walk Alone * and more.  Lyrics included.

Piano accompaniment throughout.  Some with guitar chords.

Hal Leonard
126 pages
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A Triptych for Holy Week (Joel Raney)

A compact collection of accessible piano solos provides useful settings to take you from Palm Sunday though Easter Day.

 

 

Contents:
1. Triumphal Entry (All Glory Laud and Honor & Hosanna, Loud Hosanna)
2. Darkest Hour (O Sacred Head Now Wounded, Were You There? & Beneath the Cross of Jesus)
3. Risen Lord (Christ the Lord Is Risen Today & Crown Him with Many Crowns)

Hope Publishing
21 pages
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Sacred Wedding Solos (Lloyd Larson)

Vocal soloists, brides and grooms, wedding coordinators, parents and musicians seeking “just the right” vocal solo will find themselves supplied with a vast array of options, from traditional to contemporary, in this new collection from Lloyd Larson.  Creative accompaniments and accessible solo ranges for medium voice will make this a frequently-used resource.

Contents:
Be Still and Know
Come to a Wedding
Find in Me a Thankful Heart
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
How Beautiful
I Then Shall Live
I Will Be Here
I Would Be True
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
O Perfect Love
On Eagle’s Wings
One Bread, One Body
Our Lord’s Prayer
Teach Us to Love
The Gift of Love (with alternate text “When Love Is Found”)
The Power of Your Love
Hope Publishing
84 pages
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Christmas Reflections – Piano Settings by Larry Shackley

From arranger, Larry Shackley, comes a collection for solo piano based on the best-known carols of the Christmas season. Filled with interest and delight, these arrangements stay true to a moderate level of difficulty while providing great satisfaction to the performer. Each selection will inspire the listener as they reflect on the wonder of Christ’s birth.

Contents:
O Holy Night
The First Noel
Joy to the World
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Angels We Have Heard on High
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
What Child Is This/Coventry Carol
Hope Publishing
32 pages
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Songs of Christmas Joy Guitar (Steve Turley)

SONGS OF CHRISTMAS JOY – Twenty of the most beloved Christmas songs, organized in a “Lessons and Carols” format. Songs are arranged in guitar-friendly keys and include suggested strum patterns and intros, as well as lyrics. The book includes a practice CD featuring complete guitar performances.

Contents:
Fairest Lord Jesus
Sing We Now of Christmas
Mary, Did You Know?
Emmanuel
Go Tell It on the Mountain
We Three Kings
Silent Night
O Holy Night
…and many more.

Hope Publishing Co. (Fretboard Fellowship)
52 pages
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A Triptych for Christmas (Joel Raney)

The first movement, Hope, is for Advent and captures a mood of hopeful anticipation of Christ’s birth. This is followed by Peace which continues the journey through quiet reverence at the manger. The final selection, Joy, abounds in energy and playful carols all celebrating the good news, Christ has come. Each section can stand on its own separately or the entire work can be performed from beginning to end.

Contents:
I. Hope: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel|O Promised One of Israel|& Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
II. Peace: Still, Still, Still| Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)|& Silent Night
III. Joy: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice| O Come, All Ye Faithful|& Go, Tell It on the Mountain
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Everything for the Wedding Organist (Jack Schrader, editor)

Included are fresh settings of the most requested wedding literature from historic to contemporary periods.  Format: 3 staves (manuals & pedal)

Contents:
Air (Water Music)
Allegro Maestoso (Water Music)
Austrian Hymn
Bridal Chorus (Richard Wagner)
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Great is Thy Faithfulness
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
The Lord’s My Shepherd (Crimond)
The Lord’s Prayer (Malotte)
May the Mind of Christ
Meditation on “Perfect Love”
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
Priere a Notre Dame (Suite Gothique)
Psalm 19
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
To God Be the Glory
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Wedding Processional (from “The Sound of Music)
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