The Best Christmas Songs Ever (Best Ever) [Paperback]

Hal Leonard Corp. (Creator)

Book Description

Series: Best Ever | Publication Date: August 1, 1986

One of our most popular songbooks ever is now available as a 5th Edition with 69 top holiday favorites, including: Auld Lang Syne * Blue Christmas * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Coventry Carol * Frosty the Snow Man * Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer * Grown-Up Christmas List * Happy Holiday * A Holly Jolly Christmas * I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus * I'll Be Home for Christmas * It Came Upon the Midnight Clear * It's Beginning to Look like Christmas * Jingle-Bell Rock * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * O Holy Night * Pretty Paper * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Silver Bells * We Need a Little Christmas * What Child Is This? * You're All I Want for Christmas * and more!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The range of styles here is wide enough to include the old religious chestnut "He" alongside John and Yoko's "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)." There is only one instrumental ("The March of the Toys"). The keys are generally chosen for the convenience of the pianist, but you will find some examples of four sharps or four flats. In this collection, the guitar chord names always come with fingering diagrams. Margins are helpfully large, though sometimes the print is light. There are 72 selections. --William R. Braun

About the Author

Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.

Product Details

Sample Music Notation [24kb PDF]

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation; 5 edition (August 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881889288
• ISBN-13: 978-0881889284
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #663,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the Most-Loved Christmas Songs...Ever!, April 21, 2000

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Jonathan Cheney - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Christmas Songs Ever (Best Ever) (Paperback)

I think that this book is great. It has just about any christmas song that you can think of. Some of those songs are: "Frosty the Snow Man", "Blue Christmas", "Home for the Holidays", "Let it Snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!" and many more! I think that book is very well arranged. The music is simple and arranged well also. I give it a five star rating!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Christmas songs from the "Best Christmas Songs Ever", September 29, 2005

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Addie L. Davey "Addie L. Davey" (Joplin, MO 64801) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Christmas Songs Ever (Best Ever) (Paperback)

This "The Best Christmas Songs Ever" has a lot of nice Christmas music. It is an easy arrangement and would do nicely for a student of piano in about grade two. It did not quite reach my expectations but I have played piano for fifty-five years and have a lot of music. This book did have some songs that I did not have and I enjoy playing from it. It is sold at a bargain price and well worth the money .

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid collection of 72 traditional Christmas songs, December 8, 2002

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"cleverjoe" (CleverJoe.com Canadian musician's resource) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Christmas Songs Ever (Best Ever) (Paperback)

A solid collection of 72 traditional Christmas songs, most songs for grade two or three level, with some growing room. A nice bonus with this collection are the guitar chord fingering diagrams, shown along with the chord names. CleverJoe gives it a big three thumbs up!