Mannheim Steamroller Christmas: The Season for Joy [Hardcover]

Chip Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2, 2007

The first gift book from the world's #1 selling Christmas music artist!

Musician Chip Davis has created lovely prose with his personal and intimate reflections on five simple joys of the Christmas season: the joy of family, the joy of friendship, the joy of giving, the joy of music, and the joy experienced in a special Baby. Each section is decorated with beautiful, full-color traditional and contemporary imagery of the season and with seasonal verse and quotes to touch the reader's heart and imagination. The millions of Mannheim Steamroller fans will love this new way to experience and share with others the joys of Christmas.

Mannheim Steamroller fast facts:

• 25 million Christmas albums sold (Elvis Presley is 2nd with 17 million)
• 16 gold records, 7 platinum records, 4 multi-platinum records
• 5 million albums from the Fresh Aire series
• One of the top 50 selling artists since the inception of SoundScan in 1991

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About the Author

Chip Davis, a Grammy Award-winning composer and musician, is credited with introducing what has become known as New Age music more than twenty-five years ago. He is the creator and leading member of Mannheim Steamroller, which has sold more than twenty million copies of their four holiday albums, and is founder and president of American Gramaphone, a record company. He lives with his wife and children near Omaha, Nebraska. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (October 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1404105115
• ISBN-13: 978-1404105119
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,141,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Need an innovative arrangement for xmas? this is for you., October 12, 2000

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Anne-Marie Begley (Heiskell, Tennessee USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas (2 pianos/4 hands) (Paperback)

I have used the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas book for several years both for myself to perform and for my advanced students. This collection contains popular Christmas Carols in a new setting. Many of the instrumental parts are of medium level, although some will require the technically advanced player with well developed range. The piano accompaniments are medium-difficult to difficult and greatly enhance the instrumental part. It is especially nice to hear the arrangment on the Mannheim Roller CD. These are beautiful, innovative and highly worth playing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as expected, January 19, 2009

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J. Brown "Bach to Blues piano duo" (Los Alamos, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mannheim Steamroller - Christmas (2 pianos/4 hands) (Paperback)

The arrangements are not very interesting. I had hoped to find the melodies shared fairly equally between the two parts and more unusual than the standard arrangements of Christmas music. These were a disappointment.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars play all year long, December 18, 2007

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C. Cook "science freak" (Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas (Spiral-bound)

I love this music and not having 4 hands doesn't stop me from playing from this book. I enjoy it more with the extra parts. I play the parts I like by combining the music from 2, 3 or all 4 parts to give the music greater depth.. "Silent Night" is my favorite song but, I've worn out all the pages. Mannheim Steamroller's music actually sounds like the CDs and concerts. That doesn't happen often and it's a pleasure to play along with it. (OF COURSE THAT MAKES ME SOUND BETTER). I own all their music and can't wait for more to come out.