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Traditional German Christmas Music: for voices (English or German lyrics, 2-4 parts) with accompaniment by wind and/or string ensemble, piano, classical guitar, flute & violin and/or xylophone or metalophone in any combination of your choosing; alternatively for mixed chorus and small orchestra.
| About the Project, As a child in East Prussia (1940s) my wife learned many traditional songs, including some charming carols that I had not heard before. I wrote English lyrics and instrumental accompaniments for several of them, to share with my amateur musical friends: vocalists, keyboardists, string players and wind players. The idea was to involve any singer and any instrumentalist who happened to be available. Thus, there is an 11-song book for soprano & alto singers with strummed guitar, for soprano & alto singers with keyboard, for soprano & alto singers with classical guitar, for 3-, 4- and 5-part ensembles of recorders, flutes, and/or strings in any combination, for a beginner playing any instrument, for mixed chorus, soprano & alto singers (original German lyrics) with keyboard. |
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The original song titles are: Am Weihnachtsbaum die Lichter brennen, Froehliche Weihnacht ueberall, Lasst uns froh und munter sein, Ihr Kinderlien kommet, Alle Jahre wieder, Heiligste Nacht, Kling Gloeckchen, Leise rieselt der Schnee, Singt und klingt, Suesser die Glocken nie klingen, Weisst du wieviel Sternlien stehen. Free scores, The above scores as Adobe PDF files are available for a pittance via this website. Comparable arrangements of more familiar carols as PDF files can be obtained free of charge by request for Twelve more carols to David M Regen xms@bellsouth.net |
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