Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah - A Multilingual Songbook and CD is a collection of 16 traditional Christmas and 16 Hanukkah songs arranged for piano/vocal/guitar. Multilingual texts are in English, Hebrew, Spanish, German, French and Latin. The matching sing-along/play-along CD includes all 32 songs, with keyboard/MIDI orchestrations. Each song is arranged for both Five-Finger and Easy-Piano with duet accompaniments, for a total of 64 complete arrangements. Lyric sheets and guitar chords are also included.
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"...Since we have an interfaith marriage, we were especially pleased to find all of our favorite Christmas and Hanukkah songs in the same book..." -- David and Karen Corash, Miami, FL
"...the first mixed sectarian music book of its kind that we had seen used by piano and keyboard students..." -- Mollie Spirer, Miami, FL
"A very attractive collection - kids should love it!" -- Dr. David Ward-Steinman, Composer, Professor SDSU
"...the first mixed sectarian music book of its kind that we had seen used by piano and keyboard students..." -- Mollie Spirer, Miami, FL
"A very attractive collection - kids should love it!" -- Dr. David Ward-Steinman, Composer, Professor SDSU
About the Author
Elizabeth C. Axford, M.A., is a full-time studio piano instructor in Del Mar, CA. She is an author, composer, arranger and songwriter. Other books by Ms. Axford include Traditional World Music Influences in Contemporary Solo Piano Literature (Scarecrow Press, 1997) and Song Sheets to Software - A Guide to Print Music, Software and Websites for Musicians (Scarecrow Press, 2004).
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the diverse music classroom...lots of songs!,
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This review is from: Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah - A Multilingual Songbook & CD (Plastic Comb)
This book was suggested to me by another music teacher. We both have a mix of Christian and Jewish students in our music classes, and we teach in several different neighborhoods. It was great to find both December holiday songs in one volume. There are two arrangements of each song, one beginning level, and one intermediate level with a duet accompaniment. All the beginning level arrangements include the complete song lyrics, and the intermediate level arrangements are intended to be performed by piano players. I was glad I could play the easier arrangements, and that the lyrics were in front of me as I played for the class. Great, too, that so many of the songs have been translated into several different languages. We sang "Jingle Bells" in Spanish for our Christmas program, and also included a couple Hanukkah songs along with the others. This is a great resource for classroom music teachers and for piano instructors, and I highly recommend it!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for Teachers and Students!,
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This review is from: Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah - A Multilingual Songbook & CD (Plastic Comb)
This collection is great for the classroom music teacher as it has both Christmas and Hanukkah songs. And as teachers, we all know not everyone celebrates Christmas, and many of our students celebrate both.
There are COMPLETE LYRICS to all the songs (the other reviewer must have missed something!), simple piano accompaniments, and more advanced arrangements with duet accompaniments. Many of the songs are also in Hebrew, German, Spanish, French, or Latin. The sing-along, play-along CD is great for practicing and to use as background tracks for singers. It is very well produced. All in all, a great practical choice for teachers and students that has been in print for almost ten years.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Title of book is misleading,
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This review is from: Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah - A Multilingual Songbook & CD (Plastic Comb)
Just be aware that this book is mainly a simple piano book, not a song book. There are only a few songs in the book that include the lyrics to the song.
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