Another Six Duets on Traditional Christmas Carols for advanced-intermediate and advanced trumpet players by the same arranger who brought you 12 Christmas Duets and Five More Christmas Duets. More than a simple harmonized rendering of the melody, these arrangements are suitable for a variety of performance venues from informal Christmas gatherings to church services, and are also a joy to use for sight-reading in December private lessons. Included are: Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Go Tell It on the Mountain, We Three Kings, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, and In Dulci Jubilo (Good Christian Men Rejoice). Most are set in their traditional styles, while Go Tell It on the Mountain is set in an authentic jazz style. These are similar in style and complexity to the earlier Christmas duets by this same arranger. Note: These arrangements for trumpets are NOT compatible with this arranger\'s editions for other instruments. This collection and this arranger\'s earlier collection, Five More Christmas Duets, may be purchased together in the collection titled Christmas Duets, Volume 2, for Trumpets.

Many have loved the duet arrangements found in the original collection of 12 Christmas Duets for Trumpets arranged by Kenneth Baird. Volume 2 is now available! As in the original collection, this is a delightful collection of intermediate to advanced-intermediate level duets based on traditional Christmas carols. They are challenging at times (not for beginners) without being overwhelming; at times joyful, at times uplifting, at times serene. There's even a very jazzy version of Go Tell It on the Mountain! In addition to being a joy for friends to play together, they are a great resource for teachers to play at lessons with their students, they are are suitable for informal Christmas performances, and many are appropriate for church services. Note: the duets in this collection have NOT been arranged to be fully compatible with Mr. Baird's duet collections for other instruments. Instead, these have been arranged specifically for trumpets. This collection does include the duets found in previously released Five More Christmas Duets for Trumpets by Mr. Baird. Included in Christmas Duets, Volume 2, are: Carol of the Bells, Ding Dong! Merrily on High, the First Noel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World (a more traditional version than found in the original duet collection), We Three Kings, Angels We Have Heard on High, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and In Dulci Jubilo (Good Christian Men Rejoice). If you are looking for simple harmonizations of Christmas Carols, this collection is not for you. If you are looking for something more, you've come to the right place.

This is a book of popular pieces arranged for duet; it comprises both volumes from the '15 Duets for Fun' series, plus the '21 Christmas Duets for Fun' as well, making a total of 51 duets in this set. The difficulty levels range from early-intermediate to advanced, and should provide something for everyone to enjoy. The pieces have been arranged so that both parts are interesting throughout - they often interweave and take on many roles within the music. A duet score is provided for each piece, and the repertoire covers wedding music, slow melodies, traditional Welsh melodies, baroque classics, famous symphonic melodies, piano works, Christmas classics and other popular pieces. This is the full list:


1. Jingle Bells v1
2. Jingle Bells v2
3. Ding Dong Merrily On High v1
4. Ding Dong Merrily On High v2
5. Ding Dong Merrily On High v3
6. Joy To The World v1
7. Joy To The World v2
8. Joy To The World v3
9. Deck The Halls v1
10. Deck The Halls v2
11. Deck The Halls v3
12. O Christmas Tree v1
13. O Christmas Tree v2
14. Silent Night v1
15. Silent Night v2
16. Silent Night v3
17. O Little Town Of Bethlehem v1
18. O Little Town Of Bethlehem v2
19. O Little Town Of Bethlehem v3
20. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen v1
21. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen v2
22. All Through The Night (Welsh trad.)
23. Amazing Grace (Newton)
24. American Patrol (Meacham)
25. David of the White Rock (Welsh trad.)
26. Fanfare from ?Water Music? (Handel)
27. Happy Birthday
28. Largo from ?Xerxes? (Handel)
29. Myfanwy (Welsh trad.)
30. Pizzicati from ?Sylvia? (Delibes)
31. Prelude in C (Bach)
32. La Réjouissance from ?Music for the Royal Fireworks? (Handel)
33. Rondo from ?Abdelazer? (Purcell)
34. Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 (Beethoven)
35. Suo Gan (Welsh trad.)
36. Concerto for Mandolin and Strings (Ugolino)
37. The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
38. Highlights from Rhapsody In Blue (Gershwin)
39. The Blue Danube Waltz (Johann Strauss II)
40. Six Christmas Pieces, No.5 (Mendelssohn)
41. Für Elise (Beethoven)
42. In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Grieg)
43. Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke)
44. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik No.1 (Mozart)
45. The Londonderry Air / Danny Boy (trad.)
46. Symphony No.5, Mvt.1 (Beethoven)
47. Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart)
48. ?Autumn? from ?The Four Seasons? (Vivaldi)
49. ?Ode to Joy? from Symphony No.9 (Beethoven)
50. March of the Toy Soldiers from ?The Nutcracker? (Tchaikovsky)
51. Prelude from ?Te Deum? (Charpentier)

These Twenty-One Christmas Carols are a fun-to-play collection of well-known Christmas and holiday songs arranged in a flexible style, with a traditional feel and contemporary flavor. Each song is fairly short, but can be repeated as many times through the verses as desired. An optional introduction is notated at the end of every song.

This trumpet book (222120) is playable by any two brass instruments in the same key, or can beused to pair a Bb trumpet and another instrument using the other flexible brass duetbooks in this series:

Twenty-One Christmas Carols for Flexible Brass Duet, F Horn book (222121)
Twenty-One Christmas Carols for Flexible Brass Duet, Bass Clef Book (222122)

The following carols are included in the collection:

1. Angels We Have Heard on High
2. Away in a Manger
3. Carol of the Bells
4. Deck the Halls
5. The First Noel
6. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen
7. Good King Wenceslas
8. Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah
9. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
10. Jingle Bells
11. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
12. Joy to the World
13. O Come All Ye Faithful
14. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
15. O Holy Night
16. O Little Town of Bethlehem
17. O Tannenbaum
18. Silent Night
19. Wassail Song
20. We Three Kings
21. We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Here's a list of the 20 duets included in this collection: DECK THE HALLS JINGLE BELLS WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS SILENT NIGHT O CHRISTMAS TREE HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING JOY TO THE WORLD OH! COME ALL YE FAITHFUL O HOLY NIGHT AWAY IN A MANGER GOD REST YOU MERRY GENTLEMEN AMAZING GRACE GOOD KING WENCESLAS THE FIRST NOEL IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS COVENTRY CAROL GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN I SAW THREE SHIPS THE HOLLY AND THE IVY.

This accessible and appropriate Christmas collection of duets for Trumpet (depending on the piece - either Bb-Trumpet or C-Trumpet) with Piano accompaniment. All songs have been arranged by Stephen DeCesare. The accompaniment Contents are: "O Holy Night", "Gesu Bambino", "In The Bleak Midwinter", "The Birthday of a King", "Away In A Manger", and "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel with O Come, Divine Messiah".