Great Piano Solos
The Christmas Book

Forty-nine piano solos just in time for Christmas! This Christmas bumper collection offers a fantastic selection of seasonal pop and rock songs, traditional carols, classical favourites, beautiful jazz & contemporary arrangements, and well-known easy listening pieces.

Ideal for the intermediate level pianist.

• Ave Maria (Gounod)
• Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker (Tschaikowsky)
• Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach)
• Joy to the World (Händel)
• The Lamb (Tavener)
• Lullaby (Brahms)
• Panis Angelicus (Franck)
• To the Evening Star from Tannhäuser (Wagner)
• Winter from The Seasons (Vivaldi)
• Angels from the Realms of Glory
• Auld lang syne
• Away in a Manger
• Deck the Halls
• Ding dong merrily on High
• Infant holy Infant lowly
• It came upon a Midnight clear
• Jingle Bells
• O come all ye faithful
• O holy Night
• Once in Royal David's City
• Silent Night
• Blue Christmas
• Christmas Alphabet
• Frosty the Snowman
• Home for the Holidays
• It's gonna be a cold cold Christmas
• Let there be Peace on Earth
• Mistletoe and Wine
• Walking in the Air from The Snowman
• Winter Wonderland
• The first Noel
• God rest ye merry Gentlemen
• Greensleeves
• Here comes Santa Claus
• The Holly and the Ivy
• Northumbrian Lullabye
• Mary's Boy Child
• Peace
• All I want for Christmas is You
• Fairytale of New York
• Happy Xmas (War is over)
• I believe in Father Christmas
• I wish it would be Christmas every Day
• Please come home for Christmas
• The Power of Love
• Step into Christmas

Spotify link 1. Conditor alme siderum
Spotify link 2. Rorate coeli desuper
Spotify link 3. O Emmanuel

Title, Duration, Place, Year, Publisher, Dedicated to, Premiere (performer(s), place, date)

CANTICUM, 8', Paris, 1995, UMP, à ma fille Katia-Sofia, Naji Hakim, Collège du Sacré-Coeur, Beirut, Lebanon, 21.12.95



The three sections of this suite borrow their titles from and freely paraphrase gregorian chants from Advent: the hymn Conditor alme siderum, the canticle Rorate coeli desuper and the last of the seven great antiphons, O Emmanuel. The Central section of the first movement also comments upon the hymn Veni Redemptor gentium.

The verses from the Song of Solomon and The Book of Revelation, quoted at the head of each movement, evoke the love between God and his people.

Conditor alme siderum

"Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits." (Song of Solomon, 4.16)

Rorate coeli desuper

"Open to me my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: For my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night." (Song of Solomon, 5.2)

O Emmanuel

"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come." (Book of Revelation, 22.17)

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Published on Nov 9, 2011

These short pieces were written as Christmas presents for various young members of a family Mendelssohn and his wife stayed with on their visit to London in 1842. Tuneful and well contrasted, they form an excellent introduction to Mendelssohn's piano music.

135 pages

Partition - 8 Percussionnistes
Easy percussion music for the whole class (with piano accompaniment)

triangles, jingly metals, ‘anything else from the cupboard’, snare drums, cymbals, bass drums, timpani

16 chansons en versions originales. Partitions pour Piano, Chant, Guitare.
Douce nuit, sainte nuit
Glory alleluia
Il est né le divin enfant
Jingle bells
L'enfant au tambour
La marche des anges
Le p'tit renne au nez rouge
Minuit chrétiens
Mon beau sapin
Noèl, c'est l'amour
Petit papa noèl

Austrian Carol • Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen • Good King Wenceslas • Il Est Ne (He Is Born) • Jolly Old St. Nicholas • Mary Had a Baby • O Come, Little Children • O Little Town of Bethlehem • Pat-A-Pan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum) • Polish Carol • Ring, Little Bells • Up on the Housetop • We Three Kings of Orient Are • We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Actual arrangments from the Sunrise Quartets' CD. Full sounding songs arranged in the intermediate to advanced level. Songs include: The Holly and the Ivy, The Coventry Carol, Joy To The World, and others.

Simply arranged, this must-know collection includes 50 holiday favorites for beginning pianists to learn, including: Away in a Manger • Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella • Coventry Carol • Deck the Hall • The First Noel • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen • Hark! the Herald Angels Sing • In the Bleak Midwinter • Jingle Bells • Joy to the World • O Holy Night • Silent Night • The Twelve Days of Christmas • Up on the Housetop • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • What Child Is This? • and more.