"Carol of the Bells" is based on a repeated four-note ostinato thought to be of prehistoric origins with magical implications. The composer created the piece as an assignment for a harmony course he was taking by correspondence in the use of an ostinato. It is now popular worldwide, and is...
"Ding Dong Merrily on High" is a Christmas carol that first appeared as a French melody in the 1500s. It became popular as a carol in the early 20th century when English composer George Ratcliffe Woodward published it his "Cambridge Carol Book". Woodward took an interest in church bell ringing,...
"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" was first published in the 1700s and has remained popular to the present day, although its minor key may not seem, on the surface, very festive for a Christmas Carol. The trumpet part may be played on cornet.
This arrangement starts of with a very straightforward treatment of the melody followed by a canon which turns the tune into something ethereal. Then finally a pretty waltz followed by a touch of Gloria in Excelsis Deo. The trumpet part may be played on cornet.
The lyrics to "In The Bleak Midwinter" were written as a poem by English Christina Rossetti and were published posthumously in 1904. It became a Christmas carol with music provided by Holst in the 1906 English Hymnal. The trumpet part may be played on cornet.
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