Wonderful Music of Christmas [Paperback]

Alfred Publishing (Author), Zobeida Perez (Editor), Carol Cuellar (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1997

Ninety-four essential Christmas songs in nearly 200 pages. Includes: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
* Away in a Manger
* The Twelve Days of Christmas
* Christmas Time of Year
* The Christmas Waltz
* Everyone's a Child at Christmas
* Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
* I Saw Three Ships
* The First Noel.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

On the whole, these arrangements of the familiar carols are in thin textures and easy keys that beginners will find workable, though these are reprints, and a few challenging arrangements are included. Guitar notation is sometimes in fingering charts and sometimes just in chord names. The unusual numbers in this volume are Brian Wilson's "Little Saint Nick" and a few non-Christmas spirituals such as "O Happy Day." There is a simplified instrumental of the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is confusingly set out, but most of the standards are in familiar versions. --William R. Braun

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769201989
• ISBN-13: 978-0769201986
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,490,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection with a few unusual, and tasty numbers, December 8, 2002

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

This review is from: Wonderful Music of Christmas (Paperback)

Good collection of arrangements, most are in easier keys that beginners will find workable. A few challenging arrangements are also included. Guitar notation is in either fingering charts or chord names. A few unusual, but tasty numbers can be found in this huge collection, including Brian Wilson's "Little Saint Nick" and a simplified instrumental of the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker. Big thumbs up from CleverJoe.