Alfred's Basic Adult Christmas Piano Book Level Two (2467) [Paperback]

Willard A. Palmer (Author), Morton Manus (Author), Amanda Vick Lethco (Author)

Book Description

Series: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course | Publication Date: January 1, 1981

Popular Christmas carols are arranged in graded order with optional duet parts to provide pleasure and satisfaction during the Christmas season for students using Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Pub Co (January 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739007572
• ISBN-13: 978-0739007570
• Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 12 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #534,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Morty Manus is president of Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. When Morty joined the company, he had recently received a business degree from City College of New York. As a clarinetist and pianist, he saw the need for quality music education publications. Drawing upon his musical experiences, Morty oversaw the development of instructional publications for accordion, guitar, piano, and drums; performance music for band, orchestra, chorus, and music theory.

Morty is the author and editor of numerous Alfred titles, including Alfred's Basic Guitar Course, Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Alfred's Adult Piano Course, and Essentials of Music Theory. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate degree in music from the VanderCook College of Music in Chicago for "having made a significant contribution to the music education profession as evidenced by his outstanding creative achievements, scholarship and leadership."

Morty met his wife Iris when she was working for Alfred on Saturdays. Iris has worked on a full-time basis for Alfred since the late 1960s, and maintains the position of executive producer.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners, December 11, 2007

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Frank (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alfred's Basic Adult Christmas Piano Book Level Two (2467) (Paperback)

This book is definitely not for beginners. I am playing Alfred's Basic Adult Level 3 book already and yet I still have some difficulties in some of the pieces, however most of the other songs are relatively simple, with the left hand usually having one note per beat like "We wish you a merry christmas". One song, "We three kings.."has mostly triad notes for the left hand but it is very basic. Some other are combination of both and with some arpeggio pattern(broken notes) for the left hand.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars strongly recommended, June 2, 1999

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This review is from: Alfred's Basic Adult Christmas Piano Book Level Two (Paperback)

This is a great Christmas songbook for intermediate piano players. The arrangements are beautifully done. I end up sounding much more accomplished than I really am! With just a little practice, you will easily be able to play these favorite Christmas songs for the holidays.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Beginning Piano Students, November 9, 2011

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Chris Kimsey "chriskimzee" (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alfred's Basic Adult Christmas Piano Book Level Two (2467) (Paperback)

I got this book after about seven months of piano lessons, using Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course. A few of the songs are pretty simple, yet still complicated enough to be interesting to the listener. There are some doozies as well, to give you something to aspire to :)

All the arrangements are competent, and some are truly awesome, especially O Holy Night. All in all a great book to have for a family Christmas gathering.

I certainly recommend it if you've finished the Alfred's First Year adult book.